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Shimon Peres Idealist Believed in Peace

Posted on 8 years ago 3485 hits

Today I was moved to tears while watching the funeral service of Shimon Peres, the giant of a man who verily straddled both the 20th and 21st centuries. While being termed naive...

When a Friend/Colleague Phones about Cancer

Posted on 9 years ago 3229 hits

This happens frequently; it is astonishing how many people are being diagnosed with cancer. Within the Positive Health PH Online community, I am regularly contacted by authors,...

I’m a Regular Customer - Rude Staff Hurt

Posted on 9 years ago 3012 hits

Over the weekend, my partner Mike and I were enjoying one of our favourite walks around Ramsgate - the coastal walk between Dumpton Gap and Luisa Bay - gorgeous sandy beach,...

No Alternative Treatments Provided to Patients

Posted on 11 years ago 2966 hits

In my capacity as Editor of Positive Health PH Online I receive numerous articles to consider for publication, research studies and books to review across a large array of...

Weight Loss: What’s it Like to Lose 50 Pounds?

Posted on 11 years ago 3252 hits

I have been looking at photos of myself spanning the past 8 years - feeling more than a bit aghast at how overweight I had been, without realizing it. I was ‘tricked’ into...

Pat Pilkington Death, Cancer Epidemic, Treatment C

Posted on 11 years ago 2980 hits

I am very sad to report the recent death, aged 84, of Pat Pilkington, much-loved co-founder of Bristol Cancer Help Centre Peace. Pat was inspirational and a pioneer who, with...

2013: Montreal, Orthotics, Jeremy Paxman's Be

Posted on 11 years ago 3103 hits

It is inconceivable that this is my first blog entry during 2013 – mea culpa. As ever, much has been going on – been to Montreal to visit with my 91 year old mum, saw my sister,...

Will.I.Am Rapper Contributing to Science Education

Posted on 12 years ago 2914 hits

The Graham Norton Show (BBC1 - 22 June 2012), with guests Rapper Will.I.Am, Miriam Margolyes and Greg Davies, was immensely entertaining, heartwarming and risque; I hooted with...

2011 Annus Horribilis but Lost Two Stone in Weight

Posted on 13 years ago 3126 hits

2011 was an annus horribilis for me. It all started at the surprise birthday thrown for me, with balloons, cards and all the usual paraphernalia informing me that I was 60 years...

More About Dirty Medicine The Handbook

Posted on 13 years ago 3178 hits

I have now finished reading Martin Walker’s new book Dirty Medicine The Handbook and have discussed some of these comments in my latest Editorial on Positive Health PH Online....

Why the Gap since Last Blog; Dirty Medicine The Ha

Posted on 13 years ago 2985 hits

It is probably inexcusable that it has been almost 3 months since I wrote my last entry. And it probably sounds pathetic that publishing Positive Health PH Online has wiped out...

Travails of Launching New PH Online Website

Posted on 14 years ago 2953 hits

Having recently launched the newest in a long line of Positive Health PH Online websites over the past 16+ years, I can only attest to the melodrama, hard work, money and human...

Whimsical Reflections of a Reluctant Entrepreneur

Posted on 14 years ago 2984 hits

While reveling in the sheer joy of watching consummate musicians on Jools Holland New Year's Hootenany, and the extraordinary programme 100 Years at the London Palladium, I...

The Far Distance Travelled

Posted on 14 years ago 2937 hits

I today have been reflecting upon the last two years which have been extremely tough - having to cease the print magazine for Positive Health, selling our house in Portsmouth and...

Hello from Montreal

Posted on 14 years ago 2953 hits

Throughout this week I have been visiting my elderly mother (aged 89) in Montreal. Believe it or not, she belongs to that stubborn minority of individuals who don't own a...

Do Thoughts Help to Create our Reality? Part III

Posted on 14 years ago 2833 hits

We will be soon be publishing Positive Health PH Online Dec 2010 Issue 177; that is some 16 years after the start of PH magazine, except that PH is now online only. We ceased...

Do Thoughts Help to Create our Reality? Part II

Posted on 14 years ago 2958 hits

Further events occurred which propelled me toward the publishing world, including the publication of the erroneous research paper by Chilvers et al which alleged that women with...

Do Thoughts Help to Create our Reality? Part I

Posted on 14 years ago 2957 hits

I had arrived back in the UK in 1989, having left in 1988 to pursue research in the USA and to fund a preliminary clinical trial regarding the potential efficacy of organic...

My Time Management Non-Flair

Posted on 14 years ago 3057 hits

At the present, I am rushing to finalize as much as possible for the Oct Issue 175 of PH, prior to travelling to Montreal, Canada to visit my elderly mother, aunts and my...

Embarrassment of Knowing It All

Posted on 14 years ago 3213 hits

For me, the problem with being ill, depressed, having back pain, or even headaches, is that it becomes acutely embarrassing if you are a so-called expert who ought to know...