tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post9029286470665462826..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Alcohol Concern on the march againChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-41477464196015194852012-09-07T21:15:15.200+01:002012-09-07T21:15:15.200+01:00A selection of headlines from the The Claire Bates...A selection of headlines from the The Claire Bates archives. These are taken from just the last 30 days. How can anyone actually produce this stuff and have any self esteem whatsoever. <br /><br />Heavy drinking rewires brain making it harder for boozers to recover from traumatic experiences<br /><br />Fertility fears for hundreds of women after reports removable contraceptive implants can go 'missing' inside their bodies<br /><br />Green tea isn't just good for your heart, it's good for your brain too<br /><br />Housework could reduce the risk of breast cancer by 13%<br /><br />Minimum alcohol price could save lives of 50,000 binge-drinking pensioners<br /><br />Mammograms may boost breast cancer risk in women with faulty gene<br /><br />Allowing your children to drink at home 'could be putting them at risk of alcoholism'<br /><br />Global toll of smoking revealed as study finds women are starting habit at increasingly younger age<br /><br />Prescribing yoga on the NHS could slash annual £1.37billion back pain bill, say experts<br /><br />Echinacea could trigger allergies in children under 12, UK drugs watchdog warns parents<br /><br />Passive smoking damages cough reflex in children which is vital for clearing the lungs<br /><br />Does having sex make women more fertile? Semen found to trigger ovulation<br /><br />Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-5104187023555920242012-09-07T19:17:13.685+01:002012-09-07T19:17:13.685+01:00The Guardian is a comic for middle class lefties w...The Guardian is a comic for middle class lefties written by their peers. It is largely irrelevant outside the BBC where it still seems to be considered a major newspaper. This is probably because the BBC has more than a representative share of middle class lefties working for it. <br /><br />I am not sure why the BBC continues to fly the flag for Alcohol Concern despite all its failings and I do think it reasonable to accuse the corporation of effectively supporting the campaign for minimum alcohol pricing. In its defense, the BBC does write some decent health articles but when it comes to public health it is notoriously uncritical and in some cases obviously biased. <br /><br />The Daily Mail is irresponsible on many levels but on health it crosses the boundaries into ridiculous and dangerous. I suspect that having the scientifically ignorant but terribly "concerned" public health groupie Claire Bates as its health editor contributes to the abysmal standard of its output. <br /><br />Sadly, there are a lot of people like Claire out there. Sadly, her irresponsible bosses seem to think that her poorly researched sensational garbage sells papers. <br /><br />The best thing we can collectively do is to not encourage them. Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-27772305657759139052012-09-07T17:57:41.069+01:002012-09-07T17:57:41.069+01:00Yes, the Daily Mail is particularly guilty of this...Yes, the Daily Mail is particularly guilty of this. Virtually every day there is a smoking story (and even if there isn't, they try and manufacture one with something like "Kerry Katona has a fag on street corner!" which is then written in a suitably pejorative tone). And of course they are backing the "porn filter" petition thing, too. <br /><br />For a supposedly right-wing paper they do love their eugenicist, nannying nonsense. Quite WHY though, I don't understand as every story they ever publish on these topics is vilified by 98% of its readers in the comments section and these comments are then drowned in a sea of green arrows showing reader support. Their readers clearly don't agree with their nannying viewpoint, so why do they take this stance? Payment? Common Purpose graduate as editors? ASH trustees somewhere in the mix. I really would love to know.James Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887499076992310207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-39048579399901196732012-09-07T17:09:48.160+01:002012-09-07T17:09:48.160+01:00What really annoys me is why newspapers regard thi...What really annoys me is why newspapers regard this junk as worth printing. Are <i>all</i> newspapers owned and run by eugenisists? Or is it more likely that they are <i>being paid</i> to publish it? Could this junk be considered to be equivalent to 'health messages'? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-2976443612542765702012-09-07T08:32:39.210+01:002012-09-07T08:32:39.210+01:00"Minimum alcohol price 'could save 5,000 ..."Minimum alcohol price 'could save 5,000 older people's lives a year' "<br /><br />Why this obsession about saving the lives of others? Why do they feel they are mandated to observe every individual of the 7 billion world population to find out whether they live their life correctly without doing harm to themselves? Do those 5000 older people really have to be coerced into a life style they don't want? <br /><br />There are hundreds of millions of people <b>who would like</b> to be saved from illnesses, lack of food and water, wars, natural catastrophes. Help them! But of course that would imply that those good-doers lift their ass from the comfortable chair they are sitting on and to get their hands dirty.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821473060642204067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-61994109894461724792012-09-07T03:35:23.016+01:002012-09-07T03:35:23.016+01:00If I'm over 65, surely I have led a hard life,...If I'm over 65, surely I have led a hard life, and if I want to drink myself to death, surely that is my right.<br /><br />But, on the other hand, if I live to 90+, it will disprove the official shite.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com