The other day I got an excited phone call from a friend.

"You're on the Sunday Times/ Times website!" he said. "And what a mention!"

"What... do you mean the Times of London?"

we've now sent out ONE MILLION HEALTH FORECASTS...

From the feedback we get we know we help. Tx everyone for your help in getting the message out.

john bart.

This guest blog is submitted by Valery Fortie, the national awareness coordinator of Mediterraneanbook.com, a non commercial association based in Italy.

This guest blog is submitted by Elizabeth Snell, B.Sc., RD, Consulting Dietitian, Toronto.

If you want to reduce your food intake, eat more slowly and serve smaller portions of food. Many people overeat simply because they eat too quickly. There is approximately 20 minutes from the time food is consumed until the appetite sensors in the body start to signal that the stomach is full. The following strategies may assist you in eating slowly:

I welcome the opportunity to write a blog on the subject of asthma.

I have been a consultant lung specialist for 40 years and over that period of time have done considerable research into various aspects of lung disease including asthma. I have also been interested in reading and collecting books, ideas and paraphanelia that have to do with asthma management in different countries and phases of history.

The answer to this question is that we don't really know. However we have clues. We were contacted by a research worker in Australia. He is an orthodontist and a biochemist, which is, of itself, an interesting combination. He told us that he had been tracking levels of inflammatory proteins in volunteers as weather patterns moved across Melbourne and the surrounding areas.

He said he had figures which showed consistent variations in these protein levels with specific weather patterns.

We often get asked if we're able to link other ailments to the Mediclim Index and hence to weather changes, and, if we can, why don't we?

The answer is that we have no doubt that other health problems have a weather component amongst their triggers but, as yet, there is no available, statistical proof. And we take pains to offer only well founded information to our subscribers.

Chronic Pain
Those individuals with chronic pain are often challenged or misunderstood. They are often asked to prove they have an ongoing potentially disabling problem objectively, and without a dramatic test result, may be considered to be overreacting to their problem. This can leads to difficult situations with interactions with physicians, family members and other relevant contacts.

Now’s the time to take science seriously

Looking at the enormous changes the world has experienced over the past century, it’s clear that the most powerful force shaping our lives and society was not politics or economics but science when applied by business, the pharmaceutical and medical industries, and the military. Think of the impact of antibiotics, chainsaws, nuclear weapons, computers, oral contraceptives, cars, television – the list is long.

Founded in 1994, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) is now a leader in the campaign to eliminate toxic chemicals across the country.

Its greatest success has been in the area of reducing lawn and garden pesticides.  Over the last few years, CAPE doctors have worked hard to win pesticide prohibitions in a number of Canadian cities including Toronto, Peterborough, London, Markham and Hamilton. In 2008, they won a provincial pesticide ban that covers all of Ontario.