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There is a gastroenterologist in sydney doing that . Depending on who you talking too he's either a visionary / cutting edge etc or full of sh....... One of my colleagues who's into alternative therapies sends patients to him . Cliff

I think part of the increase in incidence is due to better diagnosis . Myself as an example . I can remember that long ago .. Running in something like an 800 m race at school I'd be ok after 200 m but then gradually drop back . I was " unfit ". Fast forward 20 years and I'm showing a patient...

There were some suggestions a while ago that inflammatory bowel disease could be treated with worms ... But haven't heard anything recently ... Cliff

Elderly people deciding they don't want further investigations , treatment ? Unfortunately no ... That's quite common I'm talking about young ( 40-60 ) year olds who are otherwise fit , active and have a normal quality of life. The saddest one was a single parent of a teenage child. After...

Are you serious ? To prove something like that would be incredibly complex and to the best of my knowledge there is no credible evidence to support that view. The rest of what you quote is anetcdotal . I'll give you my own anecdotal example to " proove " the opposite . I often see patients...

Improvements in Civil engineering in the area of sewerage / water supply had a fair bit to do with the the increase in life expectancy. In terms of people ignoring advice , that's very common , almost par for the course in particular when getting people to make changes towards a more healthy...

I'm not sure if antibiotics are an issue in terms of weakening the bodies immune system , but I certainly subscribe to the theory that we live in an environment that's too clean , so our immune system doesn't get a proper work out . One of the growing areas of illness is what we refer to as...

Here's a couple of links re the supposed Autism MMR link . The publisher of the original and only scientific article supporting the link has been discredited and disbarred. ( though of course this may just be a further conspiracy )...

And they died a lot earlier .... Cliff

We live in a very sheltered environment in Australia . Northern beaches of sydney would have to be one of the most blessed places on this planet ( assuming you want to live in a city ) . Nowadays too many people take their health for granted . One of my pet frustrations is a reluctance to...