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    Book Reviews

    What is Hypnosis?

    What is Hypnosis?

    Author: Tom Fortes Mayer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Another very useful book in the What Is series, based on answering a series of key questions: what is the essence of hypnosis? How does…… Read More »
    What's Up with your Gut?

    What's Up with your Gut?

    Authors: Jo Waters, Professor Julian Walters
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This is a very useful handbook for anyone suffering from a variety of gut-related disorders such as bloating, IBS (as above) and gluten sensitivity. The…… Read More »
    Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Authors: Dr Megan Arroll, Professor Christine Dancey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This excellent book is based on the experience of the authors, both as patients and as health specialists. It provides a way of navigating towards…… Read More »
    The Answer to Cancer – An Electron Deficit Condition

    The Answer to Cancer – An Electron Deficit Condition

    Author: Keith Foster
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This clearly written book is consistent with much of the new thinking emerging around the genesis and prevention of cancer, putting forward the hypothesis that…… Read More »
    Prevent and Cure Diabetes

    Prevent and Cure Diabetes

    Authors: Craig Robinson, Dr Sarah Myhill
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    I reviewed Sarah's excellent book on sustainable medicine in the last issue – this one makes the same general points but is applied particularly to…… Read More »
    The Heart Field

    The Heart Field

    Author: Dr Christine Bair
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    The author of this helpful book has a background in many disciplines, including nursing, philosophy and religious studies, counselling psychology and spiritual direction, which she…… Read More »
    The Chemistry of Connection

    The Chemistry of Connection

    Author: Patrick Holford
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Patrick Holford has become well-known for his pioneering work on health and nutrition over the last 30 years. He invites readers to take the journey…… Read More »
    Biocode

    Biocode

    Authors: Dawn Field, Neil Davies
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    This book gives an overview of the broader impacts of genomics on our understanding of life and an account of the major international projects underway…… Read More »
    Redesigning Life

    Redesigning Life

    Author: John Parrington
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    As the title might suggest, this book covers some of the latest technological developments in the life sciences with a particular emphasis on genome editing,…… Read More »
    Void

    Void

    Author: James Owen Weatherall
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    This engaging account shows nothing is in fact something and that nothing really matters; as one reviewer put it, empty space is full and absence…… Read More »
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