Dr.Rajendra Sharma on Nutrition
RE: Janet Street Porter – Daily Mail 26th September 2009 I am yet to consider buying “Don’t let the b******s get you down!” book by Janet Street Porter as I am fairly certain I will learn absolutely nothing from it. I am, however, going to comment on some of the salient features that she herself has highlighted and published in the Daily Mail. I and the other doctors at The Diagnostic Clinic are the first to stand up and criticise “mumbo jumbo” especially when it is portrayed as health advice. However it is...
read moreHolistic Treatment – Acupuncture Points in the Ear
Quite amazingly the whole body and can be treated by applying pressure to acupuncture points in the ear. The basis for this strange notion is the concept of the inverted foetus, and idea developed by Dr. Nogier about the acupuncture map of the ear. Due to the development of his thoughts and studies auricular acupuncture made its debut. Ameliorates The Pain And Illness Quite simply acupuncture points in the ear are shown to be able to reduce pain throughout the body by a reticular formulation through the parasympathetic nervous...
read moreThe effects of shiatsu on lower back pain
Shiatsu, a specific type of massage, was used as an intervention in this study of 66 individuals complaining of lower back pain. Each individual was measured on state/trait anxiety and pain level before and after four shiatsu treatments. Each subject was then called 2 days following each treatment and asked to quantify the level of pain. Both pain and anxiety decreased significantly over time. Extraneous variables such as gender, age, gender of therapist, length of history with lower back pain, and medications taken for lower back pain did not...
read moreDaily Express – Statins Dr.Rajendra Sharma
Daily Express – Statins The Daily Express front page on 25th September 2009 exposes some truths about the cholesterol lowering drugs, statins. Exposing the truth about extensive side-effects as if this was particularly new information, it is good to see a national newspaper not towing the line of the spin doctors within the pharmaceutical industry. Whilst I am always pleased when national newspapers expose dangers of medication as is so often the case the article does not go far enough. Although the Daily Express highlights the...
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