The Burghwood Clinic

10/06/2026

This study provides yet another example that colonic cancer (and by deduction, cancer in general) is not an inevitable disease, but the effect of an imbalance between DNA mutations in a person (‘genetic susceptibility’) and unhealthy lifestyles (alcohol, smoking, obesity, lack of regular physical activity, unhealthy diet).
In the debate of Nature vs Nurture, it is inconceivable to ignore the role of the later, which of course explains why some people survive advance cancer by improving their lifestyle. Sadly, Medicine often dismisses these recoveries as “anecdotal” and learns little or nothing from them.
From a preventative view point, investigations are currently available, which help clinicians to assess, not only a person’s DNA related risk but also the likelihood of benefitting from specific forms of nutrients and chemo therapies.

25/05/2026

From Dr Econs:
Auto-immune disorders.
Have you ever wondered how true is this medical concept?
In the mid ‘50s, Wietebski et al came up with four postulates ( = concepts which can be used to reasonably explain otherwise inexplicable phenomena). They included similar conditions induced in laboratory animals and antibodies found against a specific human organ eg thyroid, colon, liver and so on.
Over the following decades three trends are clear: a) the incidence of “autoimmune” diseases eg inflammatory arthritis, diabetes, colitis, psoriasis, leukaemia and other cancers, to mention but a few, has seen a sharp increase b) doctors and patients have resigned in accepting this explanation as “fact”, treating these conditions as “incurable” c) those who dared to explore other possibilities or solutions have been decried as being “unscientific” or “spontaneous resolutions” and are flatly dismissed.
A few researchers, unaffected by medical guidelines and dogma, have raised questions about the validity of this concept (having observed many such examples of improvement in such disorders using a basic logical analysis, I thought that I had discovered something new - but I was wrong to think I was the first!).
So, the bottom line is that the so-called “evidence based” Medicine is perfectly suitable in comparing the efficacy of a drug against another one and/or against placebo BUT, it is totally hopeless in searching for environmental influences on health or some simple natural solutions to problems haunting modern day humans.
We refuse to see the same pattern in smoking and asbestos in cancer as with traffic and other chemical pollutants in asthma, cardiovascular disease and cancer; we see another inexplicable rise in childhood type I diabetes but we ignore the possible links with milk proteins as we do with alcohol in many other chronic conditions.
As a patient, I want my doctors to sort out my health problem, regardless to whether or not the means used are believed to be “scientific” or not, not to perpetuate it by piling up a few long term medications, which always have a finite benefit and a risk of side effects.
Is this a classic case of “scientific purity” being rated higher than a person’s individual wellbeing?
I can feel my old friend Hippocrates, turning in his grave….

18/05/2026

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17/05/2026

Karl Popper - a great 20th century philosopher. He warned us to be guarded against any scientific ‘truths’ which are propagated as indisputable facts - especially when politicians advise “follow the science” or “the science is settled”, without highlighting the fact that all theories in science are liable to be replaced by newer ones (a process known as “falsification”). Can you think of a few such examples in recent years?

Karl Popper: Philosophy of Science Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. He made significant contributions to debates concerning general scientific methodology and theory choice, the demarcation of science from non-science, the nature of...

17/05/2026

A human body is made of approx 100 trillion cells, each with several quadrillions of molecules, here a unit of energy fields moving in space (Life Museum, Copenhagen). That these molecules coordinate to make up organs, to keep a human being alive, to have consciousness, volition and perception of right and wrong is a pure miracle - to communicate with others is another phenomenon. A question is how can individualism allow two humans to agree on anything? Could recognising this inherent handicap be the catalyst in resolving personal and international differences?

16/05/2026

This is an independent, doctor-led clinic, offering services specialising in testing and treating people with all types of allergy and chronic, autoimmune conditions. On this site, we hope to share some of our clinicians’ insights of what goes on with the human physiology, what makes the human cell and body an amazing organism and why Medicine often fails to reverse chronic disease.