Q:Although most of your articles are interesting and informative, I have found that the subject that concerns me kidney stones has received little attention, apart from one brief paragraph on the ...
The link with your environment Kidney stones are thought to be caused by family heredity or too much calcium. But climate, many unlikely foods, certain supplements and even too little calcium can ...
Q An elderly colleague, aged 82, is experiencing symptoms that he feels may be attributable to his medication for high blood pressure. His daily regime is levothyroxine (150 mcg), aspirin (150 mcg), nifedipine (30 mg), alfuzocin (400 mcg) and...
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Among the many medicinal herbs used throughout the long history of Occidental culture, St. John's wort, has always been and still is of great interest. From the time of the ancient Greeks down through the Middle Ages, the plant was considered to be...
Thallium has again become a toxicity concern. Discovered in the 1800s by Sir William Crookes, it was used in medical treatments, for venereal diseases, gout, and


