Eclub Navigator April 2007

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: The monthly comment from CTM founder, Phillip Day.

IF THE EU DIDN'T EXIST WE'D HAVE TO INVENT IT: On the 50th anniversary of the creation of the EU Daniel Hannon muses on the constantly changing reasons given for its existence.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Tony Blair has described it as the most important document produced during his ten years as Prime Minister, and urged that the Stern blueprint, with its calls for more regulation and taxation, be adopted in full. The central theme of it is that there is a near universal consensus of opinion within the scientific community about the dangers of climate change. But this is not true.
EU QUOTAS SINK BRITAIN'S SMALL FISHING BOATS: All around the southern coast of England, fishermen are holding angry meetings to discuss the greatest crisis that has yet confronted them in the 34 years since Edward Heath signed away control of Britain's fishing waters to Brussels.
NORWEGIANS HAPPY OUTSIDE THE EU: When the UN last year named two European nations as the first and second best places to live on the planet, it sounded like a reason for the EU to celebrate. Except neither was a member.
MADNESS IS LIGHTBULB SHAPED: It is hard to recall any action by the EU crazier than the "great Euro-bulb blunder": the decision by its 27 heads of government to ban the sale of our familiar incandescent light bulbs from 2009.
PC CORNER: A quick look at a few recent examples of political correctness gone mad.

BLUEBERRIES PROTECT AGAINST COLON CANCER: Blueberries could help prevent one of the most common cancers, a study has found. The berries - already hailed as an anti-ageing 'superfood' - contain a compound called pterostilbene which could fight colon cancer.
AN ORANGE A DAY: Oranges and grapefruits can help keep your arteries healthy and protect against heart attacks, say researchers.

RIBENA'S VITAMIN FIB: The maker of the popular children's drink Ribena was fined today after admitting in court it had misled generations of parents about the drink's vitamin C content.
MORE ABOUT STATINS: Dr James LeFanu looks at the discrepancy between safety figures quoted by the pharma companies and the reality that is more likely.
AHFA UPDATE: David Sloan brings us the news affecting freedom of health choices in Australia and New Zealand.
THE TRUTH ABOUT PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS: Leading architects of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), psychiatry's 'billing bible', admit that there is no science to psychiatric diagnoses.
CLARENCE HOUSE DENIES PRINCE CHARLES TRIED TO OUST ERNST: Clarence House has strongly rejected media allegations that Prince Charles was involved in a campaign to have the controversial academic Edzard Ernst removed from his post as professor of complementary medicine at Exeter University.
MERCURY IN THE FOOD CHAIN: The risks posed by mercury-contaminated fish are now big enough to trigger a warning to the public to be careful about how much and which fish they eat.
EMF ALLERGIES: For most people talking on a mobile phone, cooking dinner in the microwave or driving in a car is simply part of modern living in 21st century Britain. But completing any such tasks is impossible for Debbie Bird - because she is allergic to modern technology.
EMF RADIATION EFFECTS - FACT OR FICTION?: A recent interview on UK's Richard and Judy Show features Dr Paddy Regan and a couple complaining of EMF effects. Should we be concerned? .
WEEKLY HEALTH TIP: Stair-climbing is shunned by most, yet a more remarkable form of aerobic exercise one cannot imagine without all the dread of anticipating it.
MAILBAG: This month's collection of letters from our new subscribers about these and other issues.

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