Dementia is now said to be the commonest cause of death among the elderly. This is nonsense. The commonest causes of death among the elderly are a) untreated pneumonia b) starvation and dehydration because food and water have been withheld.
Here are some more facts about dementia – taken from my book The Dementia Myth. ‘The diagnosis, treatment and reporting of dementia is a massive and previously unrecognised scandal. The staggering fact is that most cases of dementia could probably be cured in a week or two – maybe a little longer with some patients. Anyone who says otherwise is either woefully misinformed or a drug company mouthpiece.
Around the world there are estimated to be around 50 million people suffering from dementia – though this figure is probably on the low side. One half of all the patients admitted to nursing homes are said to be suffering from dementia of one sort or another.
Millions of patients who have been diagnosed with dementia are being looked after by their families. Many family members have had to abandon their jobs and their normal lives in order to find the necessary time to provide care for their loved ones. Millions more patients have been dumped in hospitals and nursing homes where they sit or lie, waiting to die.
No one knows how many millions of as yet undiagnosed individuals are struggling to cope with dementia, either alone or with the help of relatives, friends and neighbours.
The commonest diagnosis for all these patients is Alzheimer’s disease. It is widely reputed that two thirds of patients with dementia are suffering from Alzheimer’s. Indeed, Alzheimer’s has in many countries become the default diagnosis. If a patient has dementia then they will be assumed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s and little or no effort will be made to find any other diagnosis. The drug companies, the big charities, the media and even some doctors seem to promote the view that the words `dementia’ and `Alzheimer’s’ are pretty well interchangeable.
The prognosis for those diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer’s disease is a gloomy one for, despite many promises, there is still no cure for this disease, nor is there any sign of a cure on the horizon. Drug companies have produced a number of prescription only drugs recommended for use with Alzheimer patients and alternative health care practitioners produce new remedies on an almost daily basis.
Despite all the promotion given to Alzheimer’s disease, there is however, clear evidence that many so-called dementia sufferers who have been diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer’s disease have been misdiagnosed. They are suffering from something quite different and could be cured – often completely and frequently within weeks or even days.
This short book is intended simply to draw attention to this scandal and to provide pointers for those who feel that a loved one may have been misdiagnosed. My aim is not to provide a comprehensive guide to any of the diseases which cause dementia but, rather, to offer direction for those who might otherwise be led into a fateful diagnosis when other more hopeful possibilities might exist.
Some patients who have dementia will, of course, have Alzheimer’s disease, and will be incurable. But if just one patient can be rescued from a faulty diagnosis and returned to an active, productive life then writing this book will have been well worthwhile.’
Taken from Dementia Myth by Vernon Coleman, now available as a paperback and an eBook on Amazon. Dementia Myth explains why and how dementia is misdiagnosed – and describes the three diseases (vitamin B12 deficiency, normal pressure hydrocephalus and the overprescribing of tranquillisers) which are most commonly mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
For over 30 years I have been writing about the trials and tribulations of a young doctor working in the village of Bilbury in the English county of Devon. There are now 15 books in the series and, in spirit at least, the doc never grows any older. All 15 books are available from amazon.
The village is the sort of traditional rural idyll where every home has a log fire and no one bothers to lock their doors. And there is, of course, a pub (‘The Duck and Puddle’) which is the friendliest of hostelries and which serves the best food and drink in the county if not in the entire West of England.
Bilbury Chronicles, the first in the series, describes the adventures (and misadventures) of a young doctor who enters general practice as an assistant to an elderly and rather eccentric doctor in North Devon. Like all the books it is set in the 1970s.
When he arrives in Bilbury, a small village on the edge of Exmoor and just a stone’s throw from the sea, the young doctor doesn’t realise how much he has to learn. But he soon finds the true extent of his ignorance when he meets his patients.
There’s Anne Thwaites, who gives birth to her first baby in a field, Thumper Robinson who knows a few tricks that aren’t in any textbooks and Mike Trickle, a TV quiz show host who causes great excitement when he buys a house in the village. (Mike Trickle also appears in the book and film Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War.)
Then there is the elderly Dr Brownlow, the young doctor’s employer, who lives in a house that looks like a castle, drives an old Rolls Royce and patches his stethoscope with a bicycle inner tube repair kit; Frank the inebriate landlord of the ‘Duck and Puddle’ and Peter who runs the village shop, drives the local taxi, delivers the mail and works as the local undertaker.
There’s Miss Johnson, the receptionist with a look that can curdle milk; Mrs Wilson, the buxom district nurse and Len her husband who is the local policeman with an embarrassing secret.
The first three books in the Bilbury series have now been published, unabridged, as audio books. The publisher is American but the books are, quite properly, read by a professional English voice artist - Rory Barnett. The audio version of Bilbury Chronicles lasts eight hours and 24 minutes.
The books received fantastic newspaper and magazine reviews when they came out and the series has been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers around the world. Several of the books have been serialised and enjoyed by millions of magazine readers.
These are dark, difficult and often depressing times. I hope you’ll visit the village of Bilbury and its wonderful inhabitants. It’s where Antoinette and I live - it is our escape from a too often cruel and frightening world.
The Navy do this, to get an engineer who is incompetent off a ship that they can't fix or will break it, they're promoted to a landlocked promotion. Crazy...
A politician or bureaucrat's reputation must be protected so the publics perception of such institution represented is not tarnished at large to the publics minds eye.
Another one is the Police, if officers or officer is caught out in some nefarious activities rather then being charged and prosecuted, they are politely asked to resign, so as to spare the institution reputation to the public face.
Kick the Can down the street. An old saying, let the next guy fix the problem. In the meantime, the CEO figures out how to window dress the bottome line! When to bail is important!
Credit card debt in the USA is rising dramatically. More and more people are unable to pay off their debts. The US, like Europe, is already in a recession. It seems likely that the institutions to whom the money is owed (the banks) could have more pain to come.
Most people now believe that governments are becoming more authoritarian and that their nation’s leaders are not the politicians who are ostensibly in charge but the members of a secret cabal. This means that most people in most countries are now conspiracy theorists. But if the majority believe it, is it still a conspiracy theory?
Crypto currencies were brought in to divert and distract the suckers, while the world’s central banks were busy buying up all the gold.
Look back at the speeches of Charles the Hypocrite and you will see that he has been a fan of the Great Reset for a long time. He has betrayed, and is betraying, the citizens he purports to lead. His is not, and never will be, my king.
‘Once you eliminate the impossible (the thought that everything that is happening around the world is just a series of coincidences) whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth (the realisation that we are being manipulated by a bunch of psychopathic conspirators).’ – Sherlock Holmes
The prices of agricultural commodities are down by around 20% so obviously food prices will have fallen, won’t they? Won’t they? Crumbs. How could that be.
Software developers creating pointless but potentially dangerous Apps and influencers promoting fashions and overpriced products are the dregs of our society. They are the modern equivalent of highwaymen and harlots.
Chatbots will result in a quarter of all full-time jobs disappearing around the world. People in administrative jobs have absolutely no future. They will be replaced within two or three years and made redundant. If they want paid employment they should, if they are bright enough, retrain as plumbers or electricians. When you think of chatbots think, please, of the HAL computer in Kubrick’s movie `2001’.
Trolls follow me round like seagulls trailing behind a fishing boat.
Cricket wasn’t a racist sport until people said it was. The complaints have created racism.
It isn’t widely understood but the attack on second homes is global. The French (especially in Paris) have been targeting (and punishing) foreigners with homes in France for some time but now things are hotting up. Foreigners with holiday homes have for a few years been targeted with extra taxes, now they have to fill in special Declaration d’Occupation form (and, in effect, submit a French tax return). This is all part of the plan to restrict travel and to keep us all permanently imprisoned in our 15 minute cities.
‘It is easier to fool the people than to convince the people that they have been fooled.’ – Mark Twain
BBC reporters should remember that they are supposed to be witnesses not participants in the news. Their opinions and prejudices are of no value or interest. The BBC should be closed down and its vast and overpaid staff all found useful employment mending potholes.
Native white Britons make up just 37% of the population of London.
‘So you see, the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.’ – Benjamin Disraeli
A petition calling for a pause in AI experiments was signed by Steve Wozniak the co-founder of Apple.
Wikipedia is a retirement asylum for second rate, amateur editors, bigots, idiots, self-important bigots and discredited conspiracy supporters.
The mainstream media reports that March 2023 was the wettest March for 40 years in England. They seem to think that proves that climate change is real. In fact, of course, it proves the opposite.
The hardest option is nearly always the right thing to do.
In the UK, the Government is extending the Nanny State as supported by the communists by offering yet more free childcare for parents. The new scheme will cost taxpayers’ £5 billion a year. What will they do next? Free holidays? Free cars for all?
If you want to know how to keep your body healthy, and your immune system in good condition, please read my book Superbody. It’s available on Amazon.
The CIA is upset at Iran and Saudi Arabia becoming the best of chums (helped by China doing a larger than life impersonation of Barry Fitzgerald as a matchmaker). The White House said they knew all about the move towards peace. The CIA seemed very surprised and slightly disapproving (as well they might). With the Middle East in turmoil (and the balance of power about to change dramatically) the Israelis have made a complete mess of things. It’s not the best of times to be moving towards a civil war and allowing thugs to beat up Muslims praying in a mosque wasn’t wise – whether planned or not. Curiously, I didn’t see anything about the outrageous thuggery in the mainstream media but if Israelis had been on the receiving end the news would have doubtless been treated very seriously. It is a long time since I saw such disgraceful violence as I saw on the video of the violence in the mosque. All the police involved should be arrested and sent down for life. I doubt if they’ll even receive a telling off.
Dementia Myths
13TH APRIL 2023
Dementia is now said to be the commonest cause of death among the elderly. This is nonsense. The commonest causes of death among the elderly are a) untreated pneumonia b) starvation and dehydration because food and water have been withheld.
Here are some more facts about dementia – taken from my book The Dementia Myth. ‘The diagnosis, treatment and reporting of dementia is a massive and previously unrecognised scandal. The staggering fact is that most cases of dementia could probably be cured in a week or two – maybe a little longer with some patients. Anyone who says otherwise is either woefully misinformed or a drug company mouthpiece.
Around the world there are estimated to be around 50 million people suffering from dementia – though this figure is probably on the low side. One half of all the patients admitted to nursing homes are said to be suffering from dementia of one sort or another.
Millions of patients who have been diagnosed with dementia are being looked after by their families. Many family members have had to abandon their jobs and their normal lives in order to find the necessary time to provide care for their loved ones. Millions more patients have been dumped in hospitals and nursing homes where they sit or lie, waiting to die.
No one knows how many millions of as yet undiagnosed individuals are struggling to cope with dementia, either alone or with the help of relatives, friends and neighbours.
The commonest diagnosis for all these patients is Alzheimer’s disease. It is widely reputed that two thirds of patients with dementia are suffering from Alzheimer’s. Indeed, Alzheimer’s has in many countries become the default diagnosis. If a patient has dementia then they will be assumed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s and little or no effort will be made to find any other diagnosis. The drug companies, the big charities, the media and even some doctors seem to promote the view that the words `dementia’ and `Alzheimer’s’ are pretty well interchangeable.
The prognosis for those diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer’s disease is a gloomy one for, despite many promises, there is still no cure for this disease, nor is there any sign of a cure on the horizon. Drug companies have produced a number of prescription only drugs recommended for use with Alzheimer patients and alternative health care practitioners produce new remedies on an almost daily basis.
Despite all the promotion given to Alzheimer’s disease, there is however, clear evidence that many so-called dementia sufferers who have been diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer’s disease have been misdiagnosed. They are suffering from something quite different and could be cured – often completely and frequently within weeks or even days.
This short book is intended simply to draw attention to this scandal and to provide pointers for those who feel that a loved one may have been misdiagnosed. My aim is not to provide a comprehensive guide to any of the diseases which cause dementia but, rather, to offer direction for those who might otherwise be led into a fateful diagnosis when other more hopeful possibilities might exist.
Some patients who have dementia will, of course, have Alzheimer’s disease, and will be incurable. But if just one patient can be rescued from a faulty diagnosis and returned to an active, productive life then writing this book will have been well worthwhile.’
Taken from Dementia Myth by Vernon Coleman, now available as a paperback and an eBook on Amazon. Dementia Myth explains why and how dementia is misdiagnosed – and describes the three diseases (vitamin B12 deficiency, normal pressure hydrocephalus and the overprescribing of tranquillisers) which are most commonly mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
Join us in the Village of Bilbury
14TH APRIL 2023
For over 30 years I have been writing about the trials and tribulations of a young doctor working in the village of Bilbury in the English county of Devon. There are now 15 books in the series and, in spirit at least, the doc never grows any older. All 15 books are available from amazon.
The village is the sort of traditional rural idyll where every home has a log fire and no one bothers to lock their doors. And there is, of course, a pub (‘The Duck and Puddle’) which is the friendliest of hostelries and which serves the best food and drink in the county if not in the entire West of England.
Bilbury Chronicles, the first in the series, describes the adventures (and misadventures) of a young doctor who enters general practice as an assistant to an elderly and rather eccentric doctor in North Devon. Like all the books it is set in the 1970s.
When he arrives in Bilbury, a small village on the edge of Exmoor and just a stone’s throw from the sea, the young doctor doesn’t realise how much he has to learn. But he soon finds the true extent of his ignorance when he meets his patients.
There’s Anne Thwaites, who gives birth to her first baby in a field, Thumper Robinson who knows a few tricks that aren’t in any textbooks and Mike Trickle, a TV quiz show host who causes great excitement when he buys a house in the village. (Mike Trickle also appears in the book and film Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War.)
Then there is the elderly Dr Brownlow, the young doctor’s employer, who lives in a house that looks like a castle, drives an old Rolls Royce and patches his stethoscope with a bicycle inner tube repair kit; Frank the inebriate landlord of the ‘Duck and Puddle’ and Peter who runs the village shop, drives the local taxi, delivers the mail and works as the local undertaker.
There’s Miss Johnson, the receptionist with a look that can curdle milk; Mrs Wilson, the buxom district nurse and Len her husband who is the local policeman with an embarrassing secret.
The first three books in the Bilbury series have now been published, unabridged, as audio books. The publisher is American but the books are, quite properly, read by a professional English voice artist - Rory Barnett. The audio version of Bilbury Chronicles lasts eight hours and 24 minutes.
The books received fantastic newspaper and magazine reviews when they came out and the series has been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers around the world. Several of the books have been serialised and enjoyed by millions of magazine readers.
These are dark, difficult and often depressing times. I hope you’ll visit the village of Bilbury and its wonderful inhabitants. It’s where Antoinette and I live - it is our escape from a too often cruel and frightening world.
Its not a failure , its the goal 🥅
The Navy do this, to get an engineer who is incompetent off a ship that they can't fix or will break it, they're promoted to a landlocked promotion. Crazy...
A politician or bureaucrat's reputation must be protected so the publics perception of such institution represented is not tarnished at large to the publics minds eye.
Another one is the Police, if officers or officer is caught out in some nefarious activities rather then being charged and prosecuted, they are politely asked to resign, so as to spare the institution reputation to the public face.
That is why we're in this fix now.
Kick the Can down the street. An old saying, let the next guy fix the problem. In the meantime, the CEO figures out how to window dress the bottome line! When to bail is important!
Passing Observations 156
13TH APRIL 2023
Credit card debt in the USA is rising dramatically. More and more people are unable to pay off their debts. The US, like Europe, is already in a recession. It seems likely that the institutions to whom the money is owed (the banks) could have more pain to come.
Most people now believe that governments are becoming more authoritarian and that their nation’s leaders are not the politicians who are ostensibly in charge but the members of a secret cabal. This means that most people in most countries are now conspiracy theorists. But if the majority believe it, is it still a conspiracy theory?
Crypto currencies were brought in to divert and distract the suckers, while the world’s central banks were busy buying up all the gold.
Look back at the speeches of Charles the Hypocrite and you will see that he has been a fan of the Great Reset for a long time. He has betrayed, and is betraying, the citizens he purports to lead. His is not, and never will be, my king.
‘Once you eliminate the impossible (the thought that everything that is happening around the world is just a series of coincidences) whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth (the realisation that we are being manipulated by a bunch of psychopathic conspirators).’ – Sherlock Holmes
The prices of agricultural commodities are down by around 20% so obviously food prices will have fallen, won’t they? Won’t they? Crumbs. How could that be.
Software developers creating pointless but potentially dangerous Apps and influencers promoting fashions and overpriced products are the dregs of our society. They are the modern equivalent of highwaymen and harlots.
Chatbots will result in a quarter of all full-time jobs disappearing around the world. People in administrative jobs have absolutely no future. They will be replaced within two or three years and made redundant. If they want paid employment they should, if they are bright enough, retrain as plumbers or electricians. When you think of chatbots think, please, of the HAL computer in Kubrick’s movie `2001’.
Trolls follow me round like seagulls trailing behind a fishing boat.
Cricket wasn’t a racist sport until people said it was. The complaints have created racism.
It isn’t widely understood but the attack on second homes is global. The French (especially in Paris) have been targeting (and punishing) foreigners with homes in France for some time but now things are hotting up. Foreigners with holiday homes have for a few years been targeted with extra taxes, now they have to fill in special Declaration d’Occupation form (and, in effect, submit a French tax return). This is all part of the plan to restrict travel and to keep us all permanently imprisoned in our 15 minute cities.
‘It is easier to fool the people than to convince the people that they have been fooled.’ – Mark Twain
BBC reporters should remember that they are supposed to be witnesses not participants in the news. Their opinions and prejudices are of no value or interest. The BBC should be closed down and its vast and overpaid staff all found useful employment mending potholes.
Native white Britons make up just 37% of the population of London.
‘So you see, the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.’ – Benjamin Disraeli
A petition calling for a pause in AI experiments was signed by Steve Wozniak the co-founder of Apple.
Wikipedia is a retirement asylum for second rate, amateur editors, bigots, idiots, self-important bigots and discredited conspiracy supporters.
The mainstream media reports that March 2023 was the wettest March for 40 years in England. They seem to think that proves that climate change is real. In fact, of course, it proves the opposite.
The hardest option is nearly always the right thing to do.
In the UK, the Government is extending the Nanny State as supported by the communists by offering yet more free childcare for parents. The new scheme will cost taxpayers’ £5 billion a year. What will they do next? Free holidays? Free cars for all?
If you want to know how to keep your body healthy, and your immune system in good condition, please read my book Superbody. It’s available on Amazon.
The CIA is upset at Iran and Saudi Arabia becoming the best of chums (helped by China doing a larger than life impersonation of Barry Fitzgerald as a matchmaker). The White House said they knew all about the move towards peace. The CIA seemed very surprised and slightly disapproving (as well they might). With the Middle East in turmoil (and the balance of power about to change dramatically) the Israelis have made a complete mess of things. It’s not the best of times to be moving towards a civil war and allowing thugs to beat up Muslims praying in a mosque wasn’t wise – whether planned or not. Curiously, I didn’t see anything about the outrageous thuggery in the mainstream media but if Israelis had been on the receiving end the news would have doubtless been treated very seriously. It is a long time since I saw such disgraceful violence as I saw on the video of the violence in the mosque. All the police involved should be arrested and sent down for life. I doubt if they’ll even receive a telling off.