George Winter

Nutritional psychiatry

Patient or self-indulgent consumer?

COVID-19 research and non-vaccine treatment

Reversible diabetes

The ethics of COVID-19 vaccine trials

Language and meaning

‘It is clear that without a questioning attitude to the meaning of apparently self-evident words and phrases in the scientific lexicon, confusion could arise’

Handwriting and medication errors

‘Avoidable drug errors may contribute to around 22 300 deaths per year’ .

Antibiotic resistance

‘Objective evidence-based medical science cannot be wholly separated from the more subjective demands of morality and ethics’ .

Vaccines and anti-vaccination

‘Vaccination is not above serious debate, and it is sceptics – as distinct from anti-vaxxers – who drive medical progress’ .

Herpes simplex: treatment and vaccination

‘The apparent readiness with which individuals with genital herpes are willing to participate in trials of antiviral agents and possible vaccines may stem from the association of genital herpes with...

Vitamin D supplementation: a necessary alternative?

‘Healthy individuals, through modest exposure to sunlight and by consuming unprocessed non-junk food need not rely on vitamin D supplements’ .

Ethics and pharmacy

‘If a pharmacy professional is unwilling to provide a certain service, they should take steps to make sure the person asking for care is at the centre of their decision-making’ .

Statins and the diet-heart hypothesis

‘Fake medical news and fearmongering… plague the cardiovascular world through relentless attacks on statins’ .

Psychoactive drugs and the microbiome

Pharmacists' role in improving diabetes care

‘Pharmacists can play an increasing role in the prevention, early detection, care and support of people with type 2 diabetes’ (RPS, 2019). .