What Doctors Don't Tell YouOmega-3 fatty acids, which are naturally present in marine oils, can effectively relieve the pain and disability associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a new study. ...
Doctors have recently been alerted to the possibility that intravenous immune globulin given to build up natural antibodies and to treat hepatitis C can actually trigger the disease. ...
The British Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries is investigating whether milk harbouring Mycobacterium paratuberculosis could cause Crohn's disease. ...
Only one in 14 women with a positive mammography result indicating breast cancer will actually have the condition, researchers have discovered. This means that many women are going through needles ...
This month, our theme is drug secrecy. Perhaps the most galling aspect of the climate of secrecy surrounding drugs is that once you've been permanently damaged by a drug, every possible obstacle ...
Medicine enjoys a special position in society as one of the sciences. As such, it would appear to be unassailable. After all, as a science it must be a solid house, built slowly and methodically w ...
Although vasectomies do not increase your risk of dying from heart disease, another study shows an increased risk of cancer, mainly of the lung, among those who'd had their vasectomies done 20 yea ...
Around 20 per cent of those taking the antibiotic ciprofloxacin to prevent anthrax infection will experience adverse reactions to the drug, say the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Several doctors have reported success in treating the menopause without drugs. Nutritional medicine experts Drs Stephen Davies and Alan Stewart recommend that women undergoing the menopause have ...
