Here is John Cook's response to my questions: "Re rater reliability and data breakdowns, we’ve released the raw individual ratin...

Strangely or not so strangely, having been 'redirected' to send my letter's questions directly to the author, John Cook, I h...

  "I read the study by Cook et al with great interest (1).   Firstly the study used levels of endorsement of global warming as ...

  The above headline is a total disgrace.  The contaminated drips were supplied by a private firm, ITH Pharma, and the NHS is totally b...

Firstly I am no expert in weight management but I can analyse evidence.  I just wanted to outline the foundations of sand upon which the ...

Niall Dickson has written in the BMJ and here is my response: "The two year foundation programme was introduced in 2005 (as part o...

Dear NICE   I have a simple request relating to your press release :   "Around 20 per cent of emergency cases of AKI are pr...

I have made the following request to the GMC under the Freedom of Information act: “Has the Chair of the review (Prof Greenaway) discu...

I read Professor Sir John Tooke’s recent editorial with great interest (1) and it is strange that he sees the Shape of Training review as a ...

The NHS is in crisis because the current government have wasted billions in yet more corrupt market based reforms which will enrich priva...

  Firstly I do not agree with Brian Jarman on many things but I have the utmost respect for his integrity as a researcher and a huma...

The aim of this piece is to summarise my understanding of why things hurt and specifically, why the shoulder hurts. Obviously this is one m...

There is so so much more to this UK/US HSMR comparison that first meets the eye, at first glance there were some significant flaws and assum...

The second major flaw in Prof Brian  Jarman's   UK/US mortality comparison is that it assumes   HSMRs   are reliable and coding is ...

The US/UK HSMR comparison made by Prof Brian Jarman is continuing to rumble on and probably not for reasons that will please the Profess...

Last night I sat down to watch the Channel 4 news and was deeply upset by what was then to follow.  The 'news' exclusive on th...

It is interesting that MAST Medical are making such efforts to spread the results of their research within the chiropractic community.  Th...

  Dear Editor I am writing as regards the recent publications by Albert et al ( 1 , 2 ) in the European Spine Journal (ESJ).    Thes...