Positive Health Online

Positive Health PH Online September Issue 305 is published 4 September 2025.

More than half of the UK's job losses since the last budget have come from the hospitality sector. Job losses in restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels total around 89,000 since last October, according to UK Hospitality analysis of Office for National Statistics data. The group said higher taxes announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Autumn Budget had disproportionately slowed down investment and hiring, adding that "urgent action" was needed to cut business rates and VAT.

Planes and tanks have pounded parts of Gaza City as Israel's plans to seize the territory's largest urban area increase pressure on nearly a million Palestinians living there. Israeli troops have also returned to blow up buildings in the refugee camp of Jabalia further north. Sixty-four people were killed and nearly 300 injured in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom "while its calls for peace are not heard," in an address to the nation on its independence day. "We need a just peace, a peace where our future will be decided only by us," he said, adding that Ukraine was "not a victim, it is a fighter". He continued: "Ukraine has not yet won, but it has certainly not lost." Zelensky's remarks came after Moscow said Ukraine had attacked Russian power and energy facilities overnight, blaming drone attacks for a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region. The Ukraine government's Centre for Countering Disinformation said it had been reported that the shooting down of a drone allegedly caused the fire.

A posthumous memoir entitled titled Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre, who accused the Duke of York and the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault, will be published in October. Ms Giuffre had finished working on the book, before she took her own life in Australia in April, at the age of 41. Publishing house Alfred A Knopf said Ms Giuffre had made clear weeks before her death that it was her "heartfelt wish" the memoir would still be released in the event of her passing. Ms Giuffre had alleged that Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, trafficked her to Prince Andrew when she was 17. Prince Andrew has denied all allegations against him.

Here are a number of authoritative sites with a non-mainstream take on health news:

Alliance for Natural Health International discuss why silencing your cravings with ‘skinny jabs’ may cost more than you think. Big Food has perfected the art of creating products that override our natural hunger cues and keep us thinking about our next bite long after we’ve had enough. It’s little wonder that in the face of such engineered temptation, the latest weight-loss drugs, [glucagon-like peptide-1] GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, are hailed as miracle cures. Yet the honeymoon rarely lasts forever. Stop the injections, and food noise often comes roaring back – amplified by the body’s natural hunger hormones like ghrelin, which rise after weight loss, and a reduced baseline of satiety hormones. Weight regain is common, sometimes rapid. And along the way, many users face unpleasant side effects such as nausea, vomiting, gastrointestinal distress, muscle loss, ‘Ozempic face,’ ‘Ozempic arms,’ and in rare cases, pancreatitis or heightened suicide ideation.

Dr Mercola, in a post entitled How Medical Superintelligence Is Revolutionizing the Future of Healthcare analyses the trajectory of Artificial Intelligence and its application within Medicine. At a glance, he states: “Medical AI is evolving beyond simple question-answer formats to mimic real clinical decision-making, offering stepwise reasoning, cost-awareness, and tailored diagnostic strategies for complex cases;  Although the system shows promise, it’s still in testing. Broader evaluation, clinical validation, and safety measures are still needed before it enters standard medical workflows; AI tools already offer meaningful ways to help you understand your health. Used wisely, they support clearer thinking, faster learning, and better personal decision-making.”

Dr Sircus posted Natural Cardiology: A Safer Future for Heart Patients in which he writes “Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet most people are still guided toward invasive surgeries or lifelong dependence on toxic medications. But there is another path.” Dr. Sircus shares insights into Natural Cardiology –  exploring safer, natural approaches that support vascular health and may protect the heart without the endless cycle of procedures. He asks: Why mainstream cardiology often fails to address the root causes of vascular disease; The potential of cyclodextrins in naturally removing plaque from arteries; How complementary therapies like hydrogen, oxygen, magnesium, iodine, and CO₂ can contribute to heart recovery; A hopeful perspective on protecting your heart the natural way.

Positive Health PH Online September 2025 Issue 305  publishes a wide spectrum of editorial features discussing a broad range of clinical treatment approaches encompassing Mind / Body / Spirit including Editorial Features,  Letters to the Editor, Research Updates and Short Features and Brief Takes

The following editorial features in Issue 305 discuss Mind/Body aspects of our health and attitudes:

Does Poor Sleep Make You Look Older? The Truth About Skin & Sleep

How to Gain from Negatively Slanted News

We Need to Teach Teenagers Rational Thinking

Conversing with Divinity – the Science of Yagyas

Globalism v Tribalism

Discrimination

Climate  Change –  The Alternatives of Passivity,  Purpose, Panic

Mitochondria Recharged – How the Ketogenic Diet and Fasting Boost Cellular Energy Efficiency

Neurodivergent or Neurodeficient - What are They and are They Preventable?

Raising Active Kids: Practical Tips for Busy Parents

Neurophysiological Postural Model.  The PreClinical Clubfoot Deformity

Letters to the Editor Issue 305 discuss the following topics: How To Listen To Music Without Damaging Your Ears; Six Symptoms to Look out for with an Enlarged Prostate…; Johnson & Johnson launches The 3rd Opinion in Asia  Pacific: a new term to elevate the patient voice in the lung cancer treatment  journey; Current Diagnostic Tool Underestimates Kidney Failure Risk in Frail Individuals; Key Issues Affecting Eyes During the Summer into Autumn Months; 

Research Updates Issue 305 include Research in the following areas: antioxidants, anxiety, asthma, cancer, environmental, heart,  meditation, pain relief, stress, women’s health, yoga

I wholeheartedly recommend PH Online September 2025 Issue 305 for your clinical education, enrichment and reading pleasure.