Episodes
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
Infectious Myth – David Crowe on the Capitoline Wolf – 03.29.16
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
Why is David talking about an old bronze sculpture, has he
gone crazy? Actually, maybe not, the Capitoline wolf is an iconic
Italian sculpture representing the legend of Romulus and Remus,
abandoned by their evil uncle to die after a bloody palace coup, but
saved by a lactating wolf. The mystery is the age of the sculpture, is
it 2500 years old or about 1000? Why not any dates in between? And what
can science tell us about this sculpture, and what can it not? David
also discusses the danger of a dogma that has infected sculpture theory.
Following this discussion David gives his thoughts on the Brussels and
Lahore terrorist attacks.
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Infectious Myth – The Vitamin Murders with James Fergusson – 03.22.16
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
In episode 94 David interviews James Fergusson, the author
of the 2007 book, “The Vitamin Murders”. The book covers the authors
own concerns about contamination in his own family’s food, and Jack
Drummond, who designed the British food rationing system during World
War II. Some people think the restricted calorie intake, especially
sugar, made this the healthiest time for the average Brit. After WW II,
however, Jack Drummond, his wife, and their daughter, were murdered
brutally and bloodily in the south of France, while ostensibly on
holiday. But were they on holiday or on a secret mission? James
Fergusson’s website is: http://www.jamesfergusson.info
After the interview, David reports on a $100 million advertising campaign for Gilead’s expensive new Hepatitis C drug, Harvoni (http://www.statnews.com/2016/03/08/harvoni-hepatitisc-ads)
and a recent podcast with a man who survived Hepatitis C drugs but,
when they didn’t cure his cirrhosis, worked out a natural protocol that
did allow his liver to recover, to the surprise of his doctor (http://www.howpositiveareyou.com/2016/02/05/hpay-107-alistair_mackinnon).
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016
Infectious Myth – Blogging Paxil Hell with Bob Fiddaman – 03.15.16
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016
David interviews Bob Fiddaman, a survivor of
a Paxil (called Seroxat in the UK, where he lives) prescription. He
talks about why he was persuaded to ignore his less than ideal life
situation and accept a medical diagnosis, and how Paxil put him in a
state where he didn’t care about anything. When he decided he’d had
enough, he discovered that withdrawal was hell. Afterwards, instead of
walking away, he set up a blog (http://fiddaman.blogspot.com)
where he has tackled the manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, and other
manufacturers of similar drugs, with humor, for about 10 years. Finally
he describes a British lawsuit over the addictive nature of this SSRI
anti-depressant.
Bob’s blog, and links to news items, can be found at: http://theinfectiousmyth.com/PRN-TIM/93.php
Tuesday Mar 08, 2016
Infectious Myth – Dirty Electricity with Sam Milham – 03.08.16
Tuesday Mar 08, 2016
Tuesday Mar 08, 2016
In Episode 92 David discusses the theory of Sam Milham that it is electricity, not chemicals, that is the cause of the so-called “Diseases of civilization”, such as diabetes, heart disease and degenerative neurological conditions like MS and ALS. It is certainly true that electricity has expanded as these diseases have grown, but David wants to know why chemicals in our food, air, water, medicines and so on, aren’t a more plausible cause.
Tuesday Mar 01, 2016
Tuesday Mar 01, 2016
In
episode 91 David Crowe interviews Alan Cassels, a Canadian drug policy
researcher at the University of Victoria, who has authored several
books, and many papers and also television documentaries. He is very
interested in the promotion of drugs, particularly what he calls Selling
Sickness or Disease Mongering, which happens when a drug companies, and
people influenced by them, create a new illness, or promote greater
‘awareness’ of a minor condition, by exaggerating its impact, and the
effectiveness of the drugs that you’re likely to be prescribed if you
“see your doctor” as illness advertisements always tell you to do.
Alan
believes in the power of Evidence Based Medicine, and therefore
supports the Cochrane Institute, which is where one of my previous
guests, Peter Gotzsche works. While not perfect, it is not so influenced
by the pharmaceutical industry, and therefore produces relatively
unbiased recommendations.
You can learn more about this week’s guests’s work at http://AlanCassels.comVersion: 20230822