January 20, 2004
A modern introduction to hemp
What is hemp? how to grow it, what varieties there are, comparison to flax, edible hemp and nutrition, therapeutic uses and the many uses of non-edible hemp from plastics to bio-fuel, clothing and cleaning products…
January 17, 2004
Optimum Nutrition for the Mind Conference, London, 30.January – 1.Feb. 2004
Patrick Holford brings together top scientists and clinicians on ADHD, Alzheimers, anxiety, autism, dementia, depression, dyslexia, eating disorders and schizophrenia.
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December 13, 2003
.. and for once it’s not us saying it, it’s Glaxo
In an extraordinary admission, a senior executive with UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has ‘confessed’ that the vast majority of prescription drugs don’t work.
Dr Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GSK, has told a conference that over 90 per cent of all drugs work for only between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of patients.
At the very bottom of the efficacy table are the cancer drugs, which work on only 25 per cent of patients. These are closely followed by Alzheimer’s drugs that work on just 30 per cent of people. Drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, incontinence, hepatitis C, and diabetes work on only half the patients, at best. The most effective drugs are the analgesics, which work for to 80 per cent of those who take them.