Vernon Coleman

Vernon Coleman (born in Walsall, West Midlands, England) is a British writer. A former general practitioner, he is the author of 90 books, including non-fiction works about human health, politics, cricket, and animal issues, and a range of novels. According to his website, his books have sold over two million copies in the UK, and have been translated into 23 languages. One of his novels, 'Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War', has been turned into a movie starring Pauline Collins.

Coleman is also a syndicated newspaper columnist, focusing on the politics of medicine. He is an outspoken critic of medical malpractice, the power of pharmaceutical companies, vaccination, conventional cancer treatment, and animal testing. He is the author of How to Stop Your Doctor Killing You (2003).

Biography
A general practitioner for about ten years, mostly during the 1970s, his first books included The Medicine Men (1975), and Paper Doctors (1976). Body Power came in 1983, and has been reprinted a number of times. Alice's Diary (1989) and Alice's Adventures (1992) concern Alice (1983-1992) and her half sister Thomasina (1983-2000), real cats who shared their lives with Vernon Coleman. One of his latest books, Health Secrets Doctors Share With Their Families (2005) was written jointly with his wife, Donna Antoinette Coleman.

Ho worked as a tabloid newspaper columnist, producing a spoof "agony uncle" column in the Sunday People which became memorable for the vehemence of his opinions - such as when he told a pro-hunt supporter that he should be "buried from the neck down in the fast lane of the M4." A collection of similarly-worded "replies" to readers' letters was published in the book I Hope Your Penis Shrivels Up in 1993.

Donna Antoinette Coleman
Coleman's wife Donna (born 1972) is also an experienced researcher and writer on health topics. She is co-author with him of How To Conquer Health Problems Between Ages 50 and 120 (2003), and Health Secrets Doctors Share With Their Families (2005).

She shares her husband's long held view that the potential benefits of vaccinations are generally overstated, and the risks played down. She has a severely disabled sister. 

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