What Doctors Don't Tell YouThere are quite a few alternatives to barium enemas, the best known of which is colonoscopy. This involves passing a fibreoptic cable up into the colon to view the colonic wall. Colonoscopy is now rapidly supplanting barium enemas
My son is in his early 40s and his reading of medicine is wide, reinforced by the mental discipline of the Oriental martial arts. ...
Q Do you know of any effective treatment for solar keratoses, an early form of skin cancer caused by overexposure to the sun? - Mrs S.A. Morrill, Hereford
Various do-it-yourself meters can be purchased or hired:
* EMF Professional Electric and Magnetic Field meter can be rented for £25/week (www.healthy-house.co.uk)
* Powerwatch sells or hires out meters which can monitor your electrical and microwave
A low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet may not be as healthy as people believe, according to research by a doctor at Harvard School of Public Health.
A woman is more likely to survive breast cancer if she walks a little every week, researchers have discovered. Even a few hours of walking improve a woman's chances of surviving cancer compared with those who did little or no exercise. Women who...
MERCURY: Californian dentists must display the health risks
The reputation of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen has taken another serious knock following the publication of two European trials that show it is not a cancer preventative. ...
Those of you who can only afford the cheaper brands of whisky can take comfort in the fact that they're probably less damaging to your health. ...
It seems you may have to be dead before you can get an accurate diagnosis of malignant cancer. ...
