Every doctor envisages himself as engaged in an unholy war against the tyrannical, all-engulfing enemy, the Sauron of modern disease.
Water used externally can be even more hazardous than water you drink. Showers and to, a lesser extent, baths lead to a greater exposure to toxic chemicals contained in water supplies. The chemi ...
Re bypass surgery (WDDTY vol 14 no 12), in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI), lifestyle changes were determined to have most to do with an increase in survival.
A good half of us pile on pounds over the holidays. Healthfood shops and supplement manufacturers tout a large variety of natural weight-loss products. But are any of them effective enough to help with the worst excesses of holiday bingeing?
While some supplements may work for some people, there’s no magic bullet for losing weight. Keep in mind that even if a product does help you lose weight, you usually have to continue taking it to maintain results. So, ultimately, the best way to...
The following slimming products have either undergone only limited scientific testing or are traditional remedies and, as such, not supported by hard evidence.
The new evidence debunking cholesterol lowering isn't license to tuck into bacon and chips every day. As a number of writers demonstrate, the problem is that medicine has probably fingered the wr ...
I would like to know how problems related to new surgical devices are recorded.
Perhaps it’s because we’ve now reached a reasonable size, or maybe it’s because we seem to have more influence these days. It may even be because word has got out that we’re heading a new movement to safeguard alternative medicine
At Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Dr Don Henderson and Michele Monteil, of the department of Immunology, with WDDTY panel member dentist Jack Levenson, have developed a simple blood test to det ...
