by Christine Morgan | Aug 13, 2010 | Food and drink, General health
I thought it was April fool’s day when I came across the story about giving away statins with fast food yesterday. But no, a quick glance at my calender revealed it was August, not April. Was this a joke, I thought? Well no, it’s not. You’ve probably...
by Christine Morgan | Jun 23, 2010 | Fitness, General health
I’ve just spied a press statement from the British Heart Foundation that comments on a study I haven’t come across yet (it’s been written by researchers working for the Medical Research Council and published in the International Journal of...
by Christine Morgan | Jun 19, 2010 | Food and drink, General health
Well I never. In today’s news there’s a perfect example of why so many people – who aren’t members of the research community, perhaps – find it really difficult to take what the medical researchers say seriously. For the most part, anyway. I of...
by Christine Morgan | May 25, 2010 | Food and drink, General health
Yes, I know that by now this is old news (last week’s, actually). But it’s the story that made me start this blog, so it’s worth an honorary mention. It all started when Harvard School of Public Health researchers published a study that claimed...