What Doctors Don't Tell YouMy husband was taken ill with a raging virus. There was no cold or chest infection, yet, by the middle of the following night, he was losing a lot of water. At around 3am, he became worse, so I rang NHS Direct. A nurse rang back 10 minutes later...
The increasing incidence of invasive mould infections in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients stems, in part, from the prolonged use of systemic glucocorticoids, according to the results of a r ...
Middle ear ache (otitis media) is one of medicine's most common and overtreated conditions. But the medical literature shows that, except when symptoms such as pain, discharge and the like are s ...
There are only a few fungal infections that are capable of producing systemic disease such as candidiasis. However, a number of superficial types of fungi lives only on the uppermost layer of skin.
I was refiling WDDTY vol 15 no 8, when it fell open to page 8, where two headlines are ‘Polycystic problems’ and ‘Chronic cold sores’.
Q:About two years ago, at the age of 26, my (Japanese) wife suddenly started to feel acute pain when urinating. She was under a lot of work related stress at the time and was generally fatigued. S ...
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THE NATURAL REMEDIES DON'T WORK: Question mark over a couple of trusty
One reader suggests that our man with the prostate/urinating problem wear a magnetic pad (initially designed to help with period pains) in his underwear daily to help relax the muscles, and hopefully to help him "let go" more easily. Another reader...
Herpes simplex is best known for the recurrent appearance of bothersome cluster(s) of tiny fluid filled blisters around the mouth, eyes or nostrils, and a stinging, burning sensation. But the viru ...
