What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe drugs regulators, those sentinels at the gate who ensure our safety from dangerous prescription drugs, can sometimes be slow to act. It is now 18 months since we predicted the imminent withdrawal of Arava (leflunomide),
When it comes to drug safety, how safe is safe? Take, for instance, three beta-agonist bronchodilators that have been used by asthma sufferers. One, Serevent (salmeterol xinafoate) was first suspected of causing the deaths of patients back in 1994...
MS: A treatment too far
Men who drink plenty of fluids every day have a far lower risk of developing bladder cancer, the fourth most common cancer in men. ...
Re A.G.’s letter, ‘Preparing for winter’, in WDDTY vol 16 no 7, up until two years go, I, too, was prone to colds and flu at this time of the year. I tried supplements, homeopathy, antibiotics and even had my tonsil remnants removed, but nothing...
THE NATURAL REMEDIES DON'T WORK: Question mark over a couple of trusty
Action by diabetics to sue the manufacturers of so called human insulin for damages seems set to collapse. ...
Colic medication may bring on "apparent life threatening events" (ALTE), or episodes of stopped breathing in young infants, possibly leading to sudden infant death. ...
What’s it for?
Barium enemas are given to test for a range of disorders of the lower intestinal tract, including cancer, diverticulitis, polyps, irritable colon, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
The problem of obesity has taken on epidemic proportions over the last few years. In 1998, a report by the UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) revealed that 17 out of 100 men and 21 out of 100 women were obese. At this time, about...
