What Doctors Don't Tell YouFrequent prenatal ultrasound exposure could restrict fetal growth by a third. ...
Blood transfusions after cancer surgery may hamper patients' survival prospects, according to research from the Netherlands. ...
About one-third of all people who had transfusions in Britain were given the wrong blood, an informal questionnaire has discovered. Six people died from the error and a further 12 became ill. The ...
Drugs given during surgery to reduce blood loss and so lessen the need for transfusion may be largely ineffective and actually do harm. ...
Young women who regularly take tranquillizers or antidepressants increase their chances of dying from a heart attack by 17 times. ...
So found a study of 63 women undergoing hysterectomy, half of whom were played a tape of positive suggestions in a Walkman type tape player while under anaesthetic. ...
Inhaled steroids used to treat small children with asthma could stunt their growth. ...
Patients with advanced cancer are being given steroids without monitoring or any clear benefit. ...
Taking folic acid (one of the B vitamins) can protect you from producing a baby with spina bifida. ...
Concerns that the environment may be affecting fertility seem to be confirmed by a recent study of sperm which discovered that quality has dropped significantly over the last 50 years. ...
