Sir Peter Medawar, the great British scientist and Nobel prizewinner in immunology, was once asked what the best prescription for success against cancer might be. 'A sanguine personality,' he replied. The relationship between cancer and personality...
No man is an island, and no disease should be viewed in isolation. But with increasing specialization, that's exactly the path modern medicine is taking, and at a cost. The dangers of specialization were highlighted in a recent study of 1,421...
Having read your booklet Guide to Asthma and Eczema, I feel I should write to you about something you wrote on page 23.
A reader told us last time that she suffers severe pressure headaches from blocked sinuses. She suspects the cause is a root canal filling in an upper back tooth. Is she right? One reader reports feeling like 'a million bucks' after having a molar...
Non-lethal cancers, spontaneous remissions, people with genetic risk factors who don’t get cancer in their lifetime - these things are neither mystical nor miraculous; they are medical facts.
Following the shock early last year of my husband being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, I visited my local private clinic for health screening. I am 56 years old, and had been suffering with fatigue,
A small study of patients with hypertension has suggested that salt restriction may result in insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance or a worsening of type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes in certain patients.
A few ideas for the man who had an abscess in his right lower gum, caused by a baby tooth that's still there.
CANCER & THE PILL: At least something's getting clearer
With the hayfever season approaching, sufferers are keen to find safe ways to prevent their annual bout of this troublesome condition. Happily, alternative medicine offers a wealth of possibilities.
What Doctors Don't Tell You