The Capes of Rath

By Calum Nelson, MPharm In South Africa there’s a popular comedian called Matthias Rath. Here’s one of his jokes: “Patient: Doctor Doctor, I’m worried about transmitting HIV to my unborn baby. Doctor: Don’t worry, just have some potatoes. Whatever you do, don’t take any poisonous anti-viral medicine which will actually cause AIDS.” It’s a screamer [...]

Food/Medicine/Activity causes/reduces risk of cancer/heart disease/stroke.

By A. Journalistnotascientist A study/case report/article today published by a medical research group/university/charity revealed that a popular food/lifesaving medicine/controversial activity may cause/reduce risk of cancer/heart disease/stroke. It was found that some people who ate the food/took the medicine/did the activity later went on to develop/did not develop cancer/heart disease/stroke and despite that fact that no [...]

A bit too easily offended…

While I was writing this article, I tried to think of the things that are generally offensive in 2010. I invite you to ask yourself the same question I did – what would you be offended by? Racism? Sexism? Maybe homophobia? Now imagine you were to see a young lady on the bus discreetly breastfeeding [...]

Breaking News – Biggest Threat To Your Health Is…The Daily Mail

Remember 1998? It was the year of Titanic, it was the year Google was founded and it was the year George Michael was found doing naughty things in a toilet. It was also the year in which The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected medical journals, published an article that seemed to show a [...]

Griffin In Stay-At-Home Shocker!

It has today been revealed that recently elected British National Party MEP Nick Griffin has run into difficulties with taking his seat in the European Parliament. The British National Party, known for “not being racist, honest”, had two of its members elected in the recent European elections. Andrew Brons, elected in the Yorkshire and Humber [...]