"Long-term use of mobile phones 'may be linked to cancer'
Long-term use of mobile phones may be linked to some cancers, a landmark international study will conclude later this year.
By Martin Beckford and Robert Winnett
Published: Daily Telegraph 8:00AM BST 24 Oct 2009
Heavy users may face a higher risk of developing brain tumours later in life
A £20million, decade-long investigation overseen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will publish evidence that heavy users face a higher risk of developing brain tumours later in life, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
The conclusion, while not definitive, will undermine assurances from the government that the devices are safe and is expected to put ministers under pressure to issue stronger guidance."
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Despite searching I find no mention in today's Guardian, least of all by Ben Goldacre
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Substitute ES or Electro-Hypersesnsitivity for ME
Dr Crippen: the ME debate
Despite recent research, doctors continue to be sceptical about ME
• The Guardian, Tuesday 20 October 2009
The militant wing of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) brigade broke out the champagne when a recent article in Science reported that a retrovirus had been found in 67% of ME patients compared to under 4% of the general population. Sadly, the study only involved just over 100 patients and is thus inconclusive.
ME is surrounded by a sad potpourri of cod-science, misunderstanding, prejudice, anger, denial and indifference. Both doctors and patients are to blame. Doctors are victims of their rigid training. If the history, examination and tests do not produce a diagnosis, the doctor's wiring starts to overheat and there can be only one conclusion. The patient must be mad. "Mad" is a diagnosis. The doctor sighs with relief. The patient cannot win.
Some people with ME are even more blinkered than the medical professionals. Patients with chronic illnesses such as cancer or heart disease sometimes get depressed and are helped by psychiatric treatment. You cannot suggest this to a militant ME sufferer.
"Myalgic encephalomyelitis" literally means "painful muscles" and "inflammation of the lining of brain tissue". Two scientific concepts irrationally conjoined to provide fertile ground for quacks and malingerers.
Doctors continue to be sceptical, their scepticism buttressed by the many who march under the ME banner but who have nothing wrong with them other than an inability to cope with life.
Some ME patients are mentally ill, I have no doubt. Some ME patients are not mentally ill. Of that I have no doubt either. When you have filtered out the malingerers and the mentally ill – no easy task – you are left with a group of people who are suffering from a chronic illness. Many of them are not receiving the help they so desperately need.
Dr Crippen is the pseudonym for a long-serving GP.
Despite recent research, doctors continue to be sceptical about ME
• The Guardian, Tuesday 20 October 2009
The militant wing of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) brigade broke out the champagne when a recent article in Science reported that a retrovirus had been found in 67% of ME patients compared to under 4% of the general population. Sadly, the study only involved just over 100 patients and is thus inconclusive.
ME is surrounded by a sad potpourri of cod-science, misunderstanding, prejudice, anger, denial and indifference. Both doctors and patients are to blame. Doctors are victims of their rigid training. If the history, examination and tests do not produce a diagnosis, the doctor's wiring starts to overheat and there can be only one conclusion. The patient must be mad. "Mad" is a diagnosis. The doctor sighs with relief. The patient cannot win.
Some people with ME are even more blinkered than the medical professionals. Patients with chronic illnesses such as cancer or heart disease sometimes get depressed and are helped by psychiatric treatment. You cannot suggest this to a militant ME sufferer.
"Myalgic encephalomyelitis" literally means "painful muscles" and "inflammation of the lining of brain tissue". Two scientific concepts irrationally conjoined to provide fertile ground for quacks and malingerers.
Doctors continue to be sceptical, their scepticism buttressed by the many who march under the ME banner but who have nothing wrong with them other than an inability to cope with life.
Some ME patients are mentally ill, I have no doubt. Some ME patients are not mentally ill. Of that I have no doubt either. When you have filtered out the malingerers and the mentally ill – no easy task – you are left with a group of people who are suffering from a chronic illness. Many of them are not receiving the help they so desperately need.
Dr Crippen is the pseudonym for a long-serving GP.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Negative motivation?
What happens if you enter a negative motivation zone?
Do you go belly-up, flip over and disappear up your own fundament?
I only ask as now the webhost company will cut off our ES-Support website without a cash infusion, its a little under a tenner a month, a form of vanity publishing if no-one but myself pays for it.
So away it goes I decide and I more completely retire.
And then...
A phone call from a Suzy needing explanation, reassurance, help and so on as usual. No-one else can she find and a friend concerned for her health found me on the good old 'interweb'.
So we continue..
Another call from a very sophisticated e-sensitive, a media savvy lady working in the field. She says I should charge fifty quid an hour for personal counselling with my training and experience. Chance would be a fine thing as they say. That would cover the website for a while. And I give it away.., well so many are poor and needy..., heart ruling head?
So I stir myself to have a looksee at the old beast, www. electrosensitivity-support and hey vanity it is! It comes over pretty well, especially Cindy Sage discussing the scientific 'Bioinitiative Report' on a video link. Most upcheering.
So we stagger on into the future, love to all, is anyone there? Hello..
Oh and by the way an excellent new book the lady informs me is titled 'Radiation Rescue' by Dr Kerry Crofton, an expert Canadian, must get it, oh dear £14.99.
Do you go belly-up, flip over and disappear up your own fundament?
I only ask as now the webhost company will cut off our ES-Support website without a cash infusion, its a little under a tenner a month, a form of vanity publishing if no-one but myself pays for it.
So away it goes I decide and I more completely retire.
And then...
A phone call from a Suzy needing explanation, reassurance, help and so on as usual. No-one else can she find and a friend concerned for her health found me on the good old 'interweb'.
So we continue..
Another call from a very sophisticated e-sensitive, a media savvy lady working in the field. She says I should charge fifty quid an hour for personal counselling with my training and experience. Chance would be a fine thing as they say. That would cover the website for a while. And I give it away.., well so many are poor and needy..., heart ruling head?
So I stir myself to have a looksee at the old beast, www. electrosensitivity-support and hey vanity it is! It comes over pretty well, especially Cindy Sage discussing the scientific 'Bioinitiative Report' on a video link. Most upcheering.
So we stagger on into the future, love to all, is anyone there? Hello..
Oh and by the way an excellent new book the lady informs me is titled 'Radiation Rescue' by Dr Kerry Crofton, an expert Canadian, must get it, oh dear £14.99.
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