Vernon Coleman
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Vernon Coleman (born in Walsall, West Midlands, England) is a British doctor[citation needed], author, and campaigner for human and animal rights. He has written well over 90 books, concerning politics, cricket, animal issues and health. He has also written a wide range of novels. He claims that his books have sold over 2 million copies in the UK[citation needed], and have been translated into 24 languages[citation needed].
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.
He has also 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.
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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.[1] [2]
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