It took that many men to bring the controversy about screening for prostate cancer onto the agenda again. There had never been a unanimous agreement about sense and nonsense of screening for prostate cancer, although it feels like that there is nowadays a generally accepted “must check” approach.
You’ll Never Walk Alone
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
The last fortnight of October was surprisingly quiet in German politics, except that the immigrant bashing is ongoing. Political heavy weights are wading into the debate now, but not adding substance to it. I hope I shall be Spanish enough for the Spanish once they start. After all I am an immigrant (from the right…
Epigenetics
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Epigenetics is natures equivalent to the invention of the wheel. Everybody knows about DNA; long threads on which the genes are lined up, the totality of which is our very own individual existence.
Who’s Afraid of the Taliban?
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
If you have friends like that. You’ll learn the answer in the second half of the article, but first the news that turned out to be wrong: the Germans don’t donate to Pakistan, because they are worried that the Taliban will benefit.
Party, Party, Party!
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
The Seaside Gazette brings its readers the first edition of a monthly column, dedicated to resident German speakers
Quite Prickly
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Adding to Axel’s last article, we just received our new drugs formulary and very reassuringly the pharmaceutical industry has made big strides in improving your health by adding 2,500 new medications over the course of the last four years. That is more than one a day, so a daily trip to your pharmacy should become part of your routine to check what is on offer.
But this month’s subject is an old one, however in a new light: childhood vaccinations.
To Rwanda and Back
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
What sort of charity needs a HIV-positive, black, rape victim in the centre of Africa, having to care for herself and her children?
Do No Harm
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Sometimes I feel embarrassed when I get the big pharma-bible out to check the list of side effects of a particular medication. But what else can you do, if a patient arrives puffing and panting and the specialists already reassured him, that there is nothing wrong with him?
Plastic Frankenstein
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Two years ago I had to discard my cured olives after I had noticed that the vinegar had dissolved the lining of the plastic jar. The idea of consuming liquefied plastic just was not very appealing. Ever since I wanted to write an article about plastic and health risks and frankly the research about it sounds like coming from Frankenstein’s laboratory.
Requiem for a Millionaire
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Imagine sitting in your house staring at a dark grey wall, feeling empty with this sensation that your first-ever love has just left you; similar to a dull toothache, but drifting through your whole body.