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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Medical Caricatures
30-Jan-07Big Brother
28-Jan-07Presumably this reflects on all of us.
In rather a different way than the stupid behaviour of one individual reflects on us all.
Old asylums
28-Jan-07This creepy set of photographs of the crumbling Whittingham Hospital seems to be evidence of a sub-genre of photography. Simon Cornwell seems to have cornered the market though, with his visits to places like Cane Hill Asylum.
Gerin oil and vaccines
28-Jan-07A British psychiatrist who works for the NHS is advising Muslims that MMR vaccine is unsuitable for them:
Dr Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Association, is telling Muslims that almost all vaccines contain products derived from animal and human tissue, which make them “haramâ€, or unlawful for Muslims to take.
[...]
He argued that leading [...]
Centre of the Universe
27-Jan-07Today it is 62 years since the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. Two weeks ago I traveled to Poland to visit the camp for the first time, in the company of Marcus from Harry’s Place.
Auschwitz I was smaller than I expected, and immediately after passing under the infamous gate, the size of the camp was [...]
Here’s a conference that may be of interest:
Improving Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh In Association With the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain In Scotland
Friday 23 February 2007
Venue:
Queen Mother Conference Centre
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
9 Queen Street
Edinburgh
UK
This symposium is designed as a joint initiative of both the Royal College of [...]
More Wi-fi woes
23-Jan-07Those of you who remember the classics teacher who claimed wi-fi was affecting his health, may be interested in this BBC news report about other sufferers. Some people even claim to be able to notice minor signal fluctuations.
I mentioned casually to my husband that I could tell when he was sending an e-mail, but he [...]
Oh, brother!
21-Jan-07There are some debates that never provide clearcut answers.
Which was the best, the Supermarine Spitfire or the Messerschmitt Bf109?
Which would win in a battle, the Borg Cube or the Death Star?
I’m trying to decide who is worse, Jade Goodey or the people that prop up a culture in which the entirely talentless, and willfully ignorant, [...]
Sound Therapy
18-Jan-07Those interested in those modern forms of quackery used to separate middle class fools from their money, will enjoy Scott Burgess’s splendid post about Sound Healing:
It turns out that there’s quite an industry surrounding “sound healing” – Mr. Wheater is but one of the hundreds of members of the Sound Healers Association, a group which [...]