Mental health
A study of over 35 000 brain scans has found that the more body fat you carry,…
16 December 2024 N.B. I hate those stupid trigger warnings that encourage grown adults to believe that…
Part 2: The many faces of vitamin D... or, what doesn't vitamin D do? As you'll (hopefully)…
12 August 2024 After the last two posts which discussed serious concerns with the framing of depression-as-mental-illness,…
It's making you - and everyone else - crazy 5 August 2024 I published last week's post,…
29 July 2024 One of the best things about publishing my articles on Substack is the Comments…
6 May 2024 Many people hold grave concerns about the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is already…
One in 10 Australian adults is taking an antidepressant, but a growing number of scientists are asserting…
Updated 22 January 2024 In Part 1 of this series on proton pump inhibitors, I covered the…
8 January 2024 In last week's post, Worried sick, I briefly mentioned a study which examined markers…
New research shows that hypochondriacs die younger. 1 January 2024 The late, great Irish comedian Spike Milligan…
18 December 2023 'Tis the season to be jolly, so the Christmas carol tells us, but not…