What Doctors Don't Tell YouIt's been a great time for oily fish recently provided you're not one yourself, of course. The fish may provide protection against asthma, especially among children, and they could be good for dia ...
Many young children are undergoing needless operations, according to a bulletin funded by the Department of Health. ...
Quinine can help prevent night cramps but the risks with the treatment are so great that they may outweigh any benefits. ...
The UK has published guidelines on the use of autologous blood transfusions where patients are given back their own blood, which they earlier donated in advance of a planned operation (BMJ, 11 De ...
No other condition is subject to more fads and less grounded in scientific fact than dieting. Each decade, a new crop of diet gurus claims to have found the new answer to weight loss for a civili ...
It's been discovered that the discredited painkiller Vioxx had been approved for use by children just days before the manufacturer removed it from the market. The drug, one of the new generation of painkillers known as COX-2 inhibitors, almost...
The use of angioplasty for people with blocked arteries in the lower extremities the revolutionary procedure that was supposed to help prevent bypass operations or amputation isn't working. ...
Because many patients have thyroid problems with no symptoms, most doctors rely on lab tests of all three hormones to confirm a diagnosis of thyroid disease. The problem is that these tests will s ...
There’s nothing modern medicine loves more than an epidemic. A big, scary infectious disease confirms the basic belief system that lies at the heart of all medicine: that viruses and bacteria are the root of most diseases of modern man.
Hearing loss can often be prevented and alleviated through simple dietary and environmental changes. ... ...
