An influential group of cancer experts has warned that the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for cancer drugs are effectively condemning patients to death.The group of more than 100 leading cancer physicians from around the world, including nine from the UK, accuse the drug industry of “profiteering” – making a profit by unethical methods such as by raising the cost of grain after a natural disaster. Of the 12 drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the US in 2012, 11 were priced above $100,000...
The real cancer killer: rip-off prices for drugs !
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Allan Sherman - The Drinking Man's Diet !
Thanks to George for the link.Graham...
The Drinking Man's Diet
Did you ever hear of a diet which was fun to follow? A diet which would let you have two martinis before lunch, and a thick steak generously spread with Sauce Béarnaise, so that you could make your sale in a relaxed atmosphere and go back to the office without worrying about having gained so much as an ounce? A diet which allows you to take out your favorite girl for a dinner of squab and broccoli with hollandaise sauce and Chateau Lafitte, to be followed by an evening of rapture and champagne?" So starts a...
Wilson Pickett - It's A Groove
Another stellar record, a great late night sound, lights down low, you’ve got the picture. Check out the guitar playing....
Saturday night is music night !
An absolute classic from one of the best singers that ever drew breath. Has the sax solo ever been bettered ? Ed...
Low-Carb Trend Still Packs Punch: NMI
AVENTURA, Fla. -- The low-carb trend is alive and well, despite arguments from some quarters that it's run out of steam, according to Steve French, managing partner, Natural Marketing Institute."A lot of people think low carb is gone and dead," he said during a session at the American Bakers Association Convention here. "It's not dead at all."About half of American adults say they have used low-carb food and beverages over the past year, according to NMI survey data. That finding indicates the trend...
Senior Focus: Should older adults take statins?
I heard an interesting discussion at the recent American College of Cardiology meeting, led by Dr. Michael Rich, a professor of cardiology and colleague at Washington University in St. Louis. He raised the question of whether heart patients who are very old need to take statins.The conclusion was that in the majority of cases the answer was no, though statins might be appropriate in some cases.Statins have a number of side effects that reduce their benefit in older adults. They can damage muscles, which can lead to aches and...
Doug’s delight !
We have posted this item quite a few times, it’s a lowcarb masterpiece and our friend Doug and his family love it, as do all our team.The big oneIngredients:200g ground almonds2 heaped teaspoons baking powder3 medium eggs2 tablespoons of butter2 tablespoons double creamStrawberries, raspberries and blue berriesMethod:Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.Melt the butter I used a Pyrex jug, add the eggs and cream, then add the dry ingredients...
Diabetes warning over soft drinks !
Drinking one or more cans of sugary soft drinks a day is linked to an increased risk of diabetes in later life, a study suggests. A can a day raises the relative risk of diabetes by about a fifth, compared with one can a month or under, say European scientists. The report in the journal Diabetologia mirrors previous US findings. A diabetes charity recommends limiting sugary foods and drinks as they are calorific and can cause weight gain.The latest research was carried out in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Spain,...
Blood Sample Mismatch Leads 'Anguished' Authors To Retract Three Lipitor Papers
Three substudies of the influential TNT (Treating to New Targets) trial have been retracted after the sponsor of the trial, Pfizer, discovered that blood samples from the study had been matched to the wrong participants.The main results of TNT, published in 2005 in the New England Journal of Medicine, had a major impact on clinical practice and statin prescription patterns. The trial supported the increasingly aggressive use of statins and helped to solidify the enormous commercial success of atorvastatin (Lipitor,...
Death of medical student Sarah Houston after taking banned slimming drug Dinitrophenol highlights dangers of buying pills online, warns Government
Slimming pills which led to the death of a medical student will claim more lives unless regulators launch an urgent crackdown, campaigners warned yesterday as it emerged that a legal loophole has allowed the hazardous tablets to remain on sale. Jim Dobbin, a microbiologist who is also the Labour and Co-operative MP for Heywood and Middleton, called for a review of the law concerning DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol) – an unregulated weight-loss product taken by the Leeds University student Sarah Houston. It was linked to 62 deaths...
Anyone want to buy my house ?
London home set to smash property price record by going on sale for a staggering £250m The house, which is on Carlton House Terrace, enjoys views of St James's Park and is 30 times bigger than a typical London family house. A London home is set to smash the record for the most expensive property in Britain by going on sale for a staggering £250?million. The Grade I listed Regency property in central London would cost potential buyers 700...
Low-glycemic diet seen to reverse diastolic dysfunction of diabetes !
Vienna, Austria - A diet that was short on carbohydrates and long on protein, given to diabetic patients engaged in a supervised exercise and weight-loss program, appeared not only to cut proinsulin levels and postprandial glucose and triglyceride levels, it seemed to improve LV diastolic function [1].In the study that compared the "low-carb" diet to a traditionally recommended low-fat diet, the one designed to flatten out resulting insulin and glucose curves also allowed them to take far fewer oral diabetes medications...
Troubling New Signals? Diabetes Drugs & Adverse Event Reports !
For the past two months, there has been rising controversy over the extent to which certain diabetes drugs called GLP-1 inhibitors may cause pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Although links to pancreatitis are actually not new, one of two recent papers suggested pre-cancerous cell growth may be cause for concern, prompting both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency to start investigations.Now, a watchdog group is calling for a reassessment of the entire class of drugs after analyzing adverse events data that was...
Largest Manhunt in History Finds Great Dietition !
After the largest manhunt in history, conducted by detectives from the FBI to Interpol, assisted by intelligence operatives from MI5 to Mossad, an informed and clued up dietition has been found. At a press conference today FBI Special Agent Jimmy (Popeye) Doyle stated "we never really thought we would find a dietition that knew what they were talking about. The hunt to find a dietition not on the payroll of big pharma or junk food outfits was thought to be a lost cause, but this find justifies the years of work and $billions...
More women than men suffer heart disease !
The stereotype of the overweight, unfit bloke as a heart attack in waiting masks a deadly fact. In fact, more young women suffer from cardiovascular problems than men, heart experts warn. Across the UK, there are 710,000 women, aged 16-44, living with heart disease compared to 570,000 men, according to British Heart Foundation (BHF) research. Professor Peter Weissberg, BHF medical director, said clear signs of heart complaints are going unnoticed by women. “There’s a great tendency for women to ignore symptoms because...
Cod liver oil and the orange juice !
This ones for LeonRover. Gra...
Saturday night is music night.
As good as it gets JOE BONAMASSA & BETH HART ..... "I'D RATHER GO BLIND" ...
Welcome to the crazy world of dietitions.
I know I am stating the obvious, but it seems to me, most people become interested in lowcarb, for the weight loss benefits. It is a fact there are many more overweight people than there are diabetics, let’s hope it stays that way. A diabetic going lowcarb 50 carbs a day or less, has a huge incentive to stay lowcarb. Less medication, for many type two diabetics nil medication, to hold stable non diabetic blood glucose numbers.The over weight non diabetic may wait weeks, or even months to see a substantial reduction in weight,...
Black OP’s outfits and their pay masters.
Reading the excellent DietDoctor.com blog today, I found several articles showing how dietitions and medical professionals, are being turned into shills for the Coca-Cola company. Was I surprised, not in the least ! Big pharma and junk food outfits have a grip on just about every organisation involved in health advice in the UK. One neat trick is call yourself a charity, of make your organisations name sound like a Government Institution....
GlaxoSmithKline accused of market 'abuse' !
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been accused of market "abuse" by the consumer watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The OFT alleges that the pharmaceutical giant paid rivals to delay the release their own versions of GSK's Seroxat treatment. Alpharma, Generics UK and Norton Healthcare all received money not to enter the market with their copies of Seroxat, it said. The generic drug makers were attempting to supply the UK market with their versions of paroxetine, which GlaxoSmithKline brands as Seroxat,...
No fish tonight.
Yes, yes I KNOW some may call this processed food, but Eddie was supposed to go fishing today and catch us dinner BUT he chickened out! No I jest. Anyway I‘d seen this at our local Morrisons Supermarket and thought mmnnn this would be ok for an emergency meal….. and it was. Morrison Bistro Beef Bourguignon with shallots, button mushrooms, carrots and bacon, all cooked in a French red wine sauce, just 9.2 carbs per half pack, so not a bad...
Give ‘em an inch and they take a mile !
No, I am not talking about the lowcarb antis I take on, I never give them an inch, I’m talking about my wife. She joins our crew and she is posting all over the blogosphere like a banshee on speed. I have lost count of the times she has said to me today, did you know, or look at this !, she is driving me nuts. Don’t expect to see much of me in the future, she has nicked our internet computer and I am relegated to housework and cooking....
Scientist Steven Eaton jailed for falsifying drug test results !
A scientist who faked research data for experimental anti-cancer drugs has been jailed for three months for falsifying test results. Steven Eaton, from Cambridgeshire, has become the first person in the UK to be jailed under scientific safety laws. Eaton, 47, was working at the Edinburgh branch of US pharmaceutical firm Aptuit in 2009 when he came up with the scam. If it had been successful, cancer patients who took the drug could have been harmed, the court was told. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard...
The science of obesity: what do we really know about what makes us fat? An essay by Gary Taubes
The history of obesity research is a history of two competing hypotheses. Gary Taubes argues that the wrong hypothesis won out and that it is this hypothesis, along with substandard science, that has exacerbated the obesity crisis and the related chronic diseases. If we are to make any progress, he says, we have to look again at what really makes us fatSince the 1950s, the conventional wisdom on obesity has been simple: it is fundamentally caused by or results from a net positive energy balance—another way of saying...
Jan our latest lowcarb team member.
For those who may not have guessed, Jan is my wife. In almost every way the total opposite of me. They say opposites attract, who am I to argue. Jan started lowcarbing the same day as me, almost five years ago. Jan is an ex PE teacher and never a pound overweight in her life. After five years of supporting me and my friends, she wants to take an active part in the cause. From the start she understood, a diet based on sugar and carbs made no sense, for anyone.With the weather warming up and offers of the photographic work I find...
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