Electromagnetic field (EMF) levels are calibrated according to a variety of measures, the most common of which is ‘microteslas’ (µT). In the UK, the government body responsible for advising on EMF safety is the National Radiological Protection Board...
JUST ANOTHER BILL. . .
Re ME/CFS (WDDTY vol 14 no 12), the WHO categorises ‘chronic fatigue’ states as ‘Mental Health Problems and Behavioural Disorders’ under F48.0 whereas ME (and CFS) are classified as ‘Neurological Disorders’ under G93.3.
MENTAL TESTING: Momma, we're all crazy now
In a list of the most shameful aspects of modern medicine, psychiatry must come at the top of the heap. This is the discipline that has given us - in the name of ‘first-do-no-harm’ hippocratic medicine - electric shock treatment, the lobotomy...
On the back wards, where the sun doesn’t shine, time is measured in the burning of a cigarette. Behind a two-inch-thick steel door and diagnosed with schizophrenia,
Next, we have the reader who is suffering from insomnia and is currently taking the sleeping drug, Zimovane. What alternatives are there to help him get to sleep more naturally? De-stressing seems to be the key to a successful night of slumber...
MENTAL HEALTH: Government of one mind
In spite of a growing body of research over the last decade documenting the economic burden of depression on individuals and on society, efforts to curb skyrocketing medical costs usually start with cuts in mental health services and benefits...
Today, most people don't just want to live long lives. They want to live long healthy lives, or as the old adage puts it, "to die younger, as old as possible. Most of us want to add life to years, not just years to life. We all know people who have...
What Doctors Don't Tell You
David S. Sobel MD