http://www.truthwillout.co.uk Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:48:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This being the 119th day of the Truth Will Out Campaign, I thought an update was in order! Interest is certainly growing fast, although I have had virtually no spare time to promote the Campaign (over the last six weeks, anyway) apart from writing the posts. The fact ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/07/progress-report-day-119/ Out of the 13 comments awaiting moderation today, only 1 turned out to be real. The other 12 were mainly long lists of porn video titles, the strange variety of which makes me feel really normal, as I scroll down to the Spam button which prevents these things from ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/06/posting-comments-ii/ More and more people are telling me privately that lots of people who work within the National Health Services know perfectly well that Nicotine Replacement Therapy does not work for more than 90% of smokers in the long run, and do not believe precious resources should be wasted on it. ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/06/a-direct-challenge/ Smokers are told that they smoke tobacco for the effects of nicotine. Yet if you ask any smoker what nicotine does, you will find that they haven't got a clue. The most common guess is: "I think it relaxes me, or something." I have asked thousands of smokers what ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/05/ask-any-smoker/ I see the National Institute for Chemical Excess is at it again, trying to make sure no potential customers are missed in the brave project to get the whole of the U.K. on medication. They are advising GPs to check back through their patient records for anyone with cholesterol levels that ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/05/nice/ Steadily the disquiet about this medication seems to be building, particularly in the U.S., where it was made available first. There are certainly bad reports, but there are quite a few good reports as well. Trouble is, it is difficult to know whether these are genuine, or some ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/05/champixchantix-ii/ Although I've not had a lot of time to attend to the site since the Truth Will Out Campaign was launched, I did wonder why all the comments I was getting were coming through the Contact Us facility, no-one was apparently posting comments on the site itself. So I ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/05/posting-comments-on-the-site/ Four hypnotherapy associations have now confirmed that they are actively supporting the Truth Will Out Campaign - informing their members, linking to the site and promoting the Campaign through newsletters and similar publications. N.B. The only support we have ever requested is for professional associations to inform their members ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/05/support-is-growing/ I'm going to leave this subject aside for a bit after this, but thanks to my colleague up North who sent this in: a recent report by The Daily Mail's Medical Correspondent Jenny Hope. Apparently the number of deaths in the UK from adverse reactions to medications ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/05/daily-mail-article/ Personally I think the Internet is a wonderful thing in many respects, but I got emails today from internet pharmacies that are practically boasting that you can cut out the medical advice and just buy anything you want! Someone calling themselves Heinig put this in the Subject line: "Prescriptions ... http://www.truthwillout.co.uk/2008/04/internet-kills-doctor/