Positive Health Online

Editorial Issue 32

by Sandra Goodman PhD

If you were at high risk of getting breast cancer what would you do? Suppose that you were in your early 30s, and a DNA test showed that you had inherited a gene with an 80% probab...

Editorial Issue 35

by Sandra Goodman PhD

The concept "you are responsible for creating your reality" has been around in various guises for ages. My father would say "the way you make your bed you will lie in it", and anot...

Editorial Issue 38

by Sandra Goodman PhD

When I was growing up, there were constant remarks from my parents and other "grown-ups" that as you got older you also became wiser and more experienced. I never had much truck fo...

Editorial Issue 41

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Sadly, more often than not, it is only when we ourselves, or someone close to us, become seriously ill that we realise our own fragility and lack of certain knowledge regarding nat...

Editorial Issue 44

by Sandra Goodman PhD

There are few subjects more emotive, and dare I say political, than food and diet. Just reflect upon the billions spent in advertising all manner of food and beverages, mainly of t...

Editorial Issue 47

by Sandra Goodman PhD

The Government has appointed a Cancer Supremo to try to prevent 100,000 cancer deaths over the next 10 years. On the news bulletins have been reports of more money, more Consultant...

Editorial Issue 50

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Given the ongoing somewhat ferocious scrutiny regarding the safety of the many diverse therapies within Complementary Medicine – Aromatherapy, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine – to name ...

Editorial Issue 53

by Sandra Goodman PhD

As a child growing up in relatively affluent Canada during the 1950s and 60s, some of my most powerful formative influences were the frequent famines and horrors of conflict – the ...

Editorial Issue 54

by Sandra Goodman PhD

The huge gulf which exists between natural-oriented therapies and people who follow more mainstream life practices never ceases to amaze me.

Editorial Issue 57

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Regarding scientific research and other important health information, the most difficult attributes to ferret out, but which are fundamental, underlying the information's reliabili...

Editorial Issue 60

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Over ten years ago, while I was researching the literature for Vitamin C – The Master Nutrient, I came across the despairing cries of doctors who, having discovered even as far bac...

Editorial Issue 63

by Sandra Goodman PhD

In the last issue I discussed how pivotal individual suffering and motivation can be in the development of important health treatments, particularly for chronic or intractable cond...

Editorial Issue 66

by Sandra Goodman PhD

To badly paraphrase former US President Bill Clinton, 'It's the Evidence, Stupid!' Or, should I say, all the massive evidence regarding nutrition and cancer, which is in the public...

Editorial Issue 69

by Sandra Goodman PhD

The rampant commercial attitude of many organizations, even within charities, healthcare and spiritual pursuits, has been a continuing revelation and source of distaste for me. We ...

Editorial Issue 72

by Sandra Goodman PhD

I have been thinking of late that everyone around me and my colleagues seems to be either getting cancer or dying of cancer. In fact, this deeply distressing state of affairs is no...

Editorial Issue 75

by Sandra Goodman PhD

"Sold down the river", "ruled by Brussels", "in breach of the Maastricht Treaty", "the EU wants to deny us the right to look after our own health", "a Humanitarian rights issue", "...

Editorial Issue 78

by Sandra Goodman PhD

That the Mind has a profound effect upon our health, via brain-immune modulation is not a new revelation. In fact, as per the recent review of the literature of psycho-neuro-immuno...

Editorial Issue 81

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Published Research is inspirational for me. In this issue, MacPherson et al reported that of a total of 34,407 acupuncture treatments, there were no serious adverse events reporte...

Editorial Issue 84

by Sandra Goodman PhD

It is a terrible situation when the penny drops and you realize that you can't trust anyone to tell you the 'truth' about life and death health matters. This is certainly the concl...

Editorial Issue 87

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Call me simpleminded, but my idea of optimum healthcare has always been that, depending on the severity and nature of the medical problem, the most appropriate treatment(s) should ...