Liz Tucker
@lizctucker
Host of podcast What Your GP Doesn't Tell You for drs & pts, an award winning medical journo/docs director & former Chair@WFTV_UK http://liztucker.substack.com
I am so far from the only one with this experience. I believe this is one of fundamental reasons why long-term psychiatric drug use is as prevalent as it is.
In this clip from my latest podcast with @LauraDelano diagnosed as bipolar when she was just 14, I ask Laura if she had ever thought that the psychiatric drugs rather than helping her might be making her worse? open.spotify.com/episode/4ZX2Go…
In this clip from my latest podcast with @LauraDelano diagnosed as bipolar when she was just 14, I ask Laura if she had ever thought that the psychiatric drugs rather than helping her might be making her worse? open.spotify.com/episode/4ZX2Go…
In wake of coroner's report on Thomas Kingston, another woman reports becoming suicidal on same/similar meds. Her complaint to NHS trust was rejected, she says: independent.co.uk/news/health/an…
My latest Substack article covers this week's podcast with Dr Guido Frank about his research into the use of ketogenic diets to treat anorexic patients who have regained body weight, but still suffer from food phobias and anxieties. open.substack.com/pub/liztucker/… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ket…
In my latest podcast, Dr Guido Frank who specialises in eating disorders, discusses his work using ketogenic diets to treat recovering anorexic patients, who have returned to normal weight, but still have many food anxieties and concerns. Frank argues when anorexic patients…
"Stephanie McGill-Lynch lost her 14-year-old son Jake to suicide in 2013...Stephanie is campaigning for Jake’s Amendment - a proposed legal change that would allow coroners to cite iatrogenic factors (relating to medical treatment) as a cause of death where appropriate".
Listen to this episode of Newstalk Daily, Ciara Doherty explores how the death of one young boy who took his own life was recorded, and why his mother Stephanie is calling for a change to the Coroner’s Act of 1962. Stephanie McGill-Lynch lost her 14-year-old son Jake to…
"Wonderful breakthroughs are happening in fertility medicine but we must beware commodifying the bodies of donors" share.google/5BQeDnYCsWWmY8…
"In the decades I’ve been taking SSRIs, not a single doctor has ever told me that coming off these drugs could be as hard or as horrible as it has been." share.google/FpNeUbOWRxImjS…
Approximately 5% of pregnant women take an SSRI for depression. But SSRI use during pregnancy has been linked in observational studies to birth defects, miscarriages, and neurological and behavioral challenges in childhood. On Monday, July 21 at 10 a.m. ET, we’ll be hosting an…
Physician Associates are being renamed to Physician Assistants because the public was confused about their role. But here’s what’s truly confusing: A physician assistant now starts on a salary that’s nearly £10,000 more than a fully qualified doctor. Read that again. Doctors…
Ancel Keys got a lot of things very wrong. But this is one thing he got right. So, yes, eat all the eggs that you want. I believe they are one of the healthiest things we can eat.
When ‘moderation’ can never be the answer FOOD ADDICTION may be the problem. Come to find out what is!
Find out how to help people addicted to ultra processed food 👍 COME TO OUR LONDON CONFERENCE SEPT 4th &5th Hear @DoctorTro @GeorgiaEdeMD @addunplug @AdrianSotoMota @DrScottMurray @drjenunwin and Me ! eventbrite.co.uk/o/food-addicti… @DoctorChrisVT
Gisèle Pelicot bravely waived her anonymity to expose years of abuse. At 72, she’s been awarded France’s highest honour. Her courage has moved not just a nation, but the world. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Harvard study found that sunlight “ strongly protects against getting influenza” Now that we know that sunlight passes through the entire body and affects physiological changes….. not so surprising.
New study suggests Gabapentin is linked to significantly higher risk of dementia. It's an association not causation. But always worth weighing up the benefits and risks of any medication before you take it. A while ago on my podcast, I covered a court case involving the drug &…
My latest Substack article highlights my podcast with @LauraDelano who diagnosed as bipolar at 14, discusses how the medical care she received became the problem rather than the cure. open.substack.com/pub/liztucker/… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dia…