Entries from July 2008
…because, if they did, they would be feeling pretty silly now.
We have recently received a response to a FOIA request to Teesside University, which included some interesting information about Visiting Professor Patrick Holford’s time at the University. Teesside’s Case for Patrick Holford as a Visiting Professor [PDF] referred to Food for the Brain funding a £12,500/year PhD bursary - something that would have cost a good £37,500. However, when Teesside were asked about any Holford-related income, they responded that:
No income has been received by the University from Mr Holford, Biocare, the Brain Bio Centre or Food for the Brain. Expenses have been paid by Food for the Brain for attendance by University staff in connection with a Schools project.
The total amount of money coming into Teesside from all these sources was therefore…wait for it… (more…)
Categories: Food for the brain · University of Teesside · patrick holford
Tagged: Food for the brain, Holford, patrick holford, Teesside
Categories: vaccination · vaccines
Tagged: vaccination, vaccines, human papilloma virus, Gardasil, Cervarix, aluminium, adjuvant, Abby Lippman, Diane Harper, Christiane Northrup, germ theory dissent, Pasteur, Beauchamp, deathbed recantation, HPV, BPSDB
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford is still Head of Science and Education at Biocare so presumably they must believe that he enhances their reputation and scientific credibility, particularly with his ready access to the GMTV couch and the producers of Tonight with Sir Trevor McDonald.
I’m realistic enough to know that my weakness for Sachertorte and good bread are two very good reasons that I should never take up residence in Germany. However, in the light of the recent sacking of a nutritionist by a TV station for the appearance of a conflict of interest I might re-consider. (more…)
Categories: Holford · patrick holford · supplements
Tagged: ARD/WDR, BANT, BPSDB, British Association for Applied Nutritional Therapy, British Association for Nutritional Therapy, conflict of interest, GMTV, Hademar Bankhofer, Holford, Mr Health, patrick holford, pundit brand equity, supplements, television
Categories: Holford · children · immunization · patrick holford · thiomersal · vaccination · vaccines
Tagged: aluminium, BPSDB, green our vaccines, Holford, immunisation, mercury, patrick holford, thimerosal, thiomersal, vaccinations, vaccines
Jane Moore has been publicising the C4 Dispatches programme about the UK human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme and illustrating the issue with the story of her own decision for her (then) 14-year-old daughter: Gardasil: a cancer jab I don’t regret. Moore also provides an overview of the contents of the programme that is scheduled for broadcast 20:00 this evening. She reports that Cervarix (GSK’s HPV vaccine) has been selected as cheaper and better value for money by the UK Government, in preference to Merck’s Gardasil. Moore reveals that Cervarix been trialled in Manchester for a year but parental consent issues mean that only seven out of 10 girls were vaccinated. (more…)
Categories: vaccination · vaccines
Tagged: MMR, vaccination, vaccine, HPV vaccine, human papilloma virus, Gardasil, Cervarix, Margaret Stanley, safety, C4, Dispatches, Jane Moore
Paul Flynn MP has just blogged about a pretty depressing draft final report [PDF] for the Welsh Assembly, on Support for People with Dyslexia in Wales. As Flynn argues, while there is a lot that’s positive in the Report, the Assembly “is headed down a couple of blind alleys on Dyslexia.” In particular, Flynn notes that:
The Assembly report says, “”All the different types of support that
demonstrated to them had clearly identifiable benefits.” This has not been shown to be the case: for example, Dore and Brain Gym both lack a plausible mechanism of action and any good research to show effects beyond placebo.
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Categories: Dore · dyslexia
Tagged: Dore, dyslexia, Wales, Welsh Assembly, Paul Flynn
Categories: children · vaccination · vaccines
Tagged: children, vaccines, vaccinations, immunisation, whooping cough, pertussis, chicken pox, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Hib, hepatitis B, smallpox, polio, diphtheria, tetanus
Radio 4’s You & Yours today discussed the issues arising from the alleged injury of a client of nutritional therapist Barbara Nash, when Nash put the client onto a ‘detox diet’.
The programme (here and you can listen again here, while it’s still available) includes an interview with registered dietitian Catherine Collins, and the BANT Chair Emma Stiles: extraordinarily, Stiles apparently acknowledges that nutritional therapists do not practise evidence-based medicine. However, the segment began with Mr Page telling the sad story of how this diet - including lots of water and low sodium - progressed. Dawn Page consulted a nutritional therapist because she wanted to lose some weight, but she ended up in intensive care and still suffers from cognitive problems (this case was settled out of court for £810,000; Nash continues to deny responsibility for the injuries to Mrs Page, and due to the settlement there has not been a court finding on this case). (more…)
Categories: BANT · nutrition · nutritionists
Tagged: nutritionism, BDA, BANT, nutritional therapists, nutritionists, Barbara Nash, dietitian, Dawn Page, BPSDB
Categories: Holford · children · patrick holford · vaccination · vaccines
Tagged: BPSDB, children, Hertzler, Holford, Horse and Buggy Doctor, immunisation, patrick holford, pertussis, vaccination, vaccines, whooping cough
