
Statins: cardiologists take aim at heart of media support
By Marika Sboros The Guardian newspaper in the UK has been haemorrhaging readers for years. The newspaper’s recent uncritical support for medical orthodoxy and dogma [more]
By Marika Sboros The Guardian newspaper in the UK has been haemorrhaging readers for years. The newspaper’s recent uncritical support for medical orthodoxy and dogma [more]
By Marika Sboros In the US, they call themselves the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The PCRM’s latest study with Czech scientists, concludes that [more]
By Marika Sboros I’m a big fan of exercise – as we all should be. It makes intuitive sense that exercise is good for overall [more]
By Marika Sboros It’s official. US President Donald Trump is obese and shorter than he claims to be. Trump physician Dr Sean Conley has released [more]
By Marika Sboros If you think robust evidence of serious health risks has dealt a terminal blow to the billion-dollar statin industry’s heart, think again. [more]
By Marika Sboros Are you battling to lose weight? Confused by the minefield of conflicting nutrition and weight-loss advice out there? Or are you simply [more]
By Marika Sboros A large New Zealand-led study on health benefits of dietary fibre is making waves in scientific circles. The authors of a meta-analysis [more]
By Marika Sboros When I heard that Wikipedia had deleted Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s profile, I was shocked. Not just because I’ve met Kendrick, [more]
By Marika Sboros Can you turn something into a disease just by giving it a fancy Latin title? Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick says you [more]
By Marika Sboros How easy is it to stay not just low-carb but keto (very low-carb) over the holidays, specially winter? Easy enough – when [more]
By Marika Sboros Canadian physician Èvelyne Bourdua-Roy is an MD on a mission. She is that rare but growing breed of MD who believes that [more]
By Marika Sboros It’s not the definitive word for the best weight-loss diets but it’s close. And it doesn’t venture into the contentious plant- versus [more]
By Marika Sboros Psst! If your MD or dietitian still subscribes to the CICO (calories-in, calories-out) obesity model, find another one. Quick! According to the [more]
By Marika Sboros Animal rights activists (and the vegans who front them) want you to believe that giving up meat will save the planet from [more]
By Marika Sboros A predominantly plant-based or vegan diet may be best for keeping type 2 diabetes in check, say UK scientists. That’s not least [more]
By Marika Sboros Fasting is as old as the hills of ancient Greece. Many doctors and dietitians still dismiss it as a fad. It is [more]
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke’s professional reputation and licence to practise medicine are no longer under threat. The Australian Health Practitioner [more]
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke is a free and vindicated man. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has dropped all [more]
By Marika Sboros It was once revered as “the world’s most prestigious scientific organisation” devoted to independent, evidence-based medicine. Today, the Cochrane Collaboration is in [more]
By Marika Sboros I’m always somewhat unnerved when doctors encourage diabetics to have bariatric (stomach) surgery before they’ve tried more effective, safer, less invasive methods. Like [more]
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