What Doctors Don't Tell YouIn the last five years it has become virtual dogma that a low fat diet is a healthy diet. The same people who 20 years ago used to urge us to eat plenty of meat and cheese now encourage us toward ...
Two thirds of patients weaned from anti epileptic drugs have remained seizure free, according to the biggest study of its kind on anti convulsants. ...
MMR: A reaction that they can't deny
Although the dose should be corrected according to the individual patient, often it is determined by habit rather than rational assessment (Br J Psych, 1992; 160: 621-37). Individual patients have ...
Prescribing anticonvulsants is an ineffective way of controlling neonatal seizures, say researchers. ...
Many of the drugs given to children have never been proven to be safe or effective for children. ...
Surgery is resorted to only when drug therapy fails. Possible procedures include everything from implanting devices and transplanting neural tissue to blasting the troublesome brain cells with an electrode - all with limited success and major side...
Reader's Corner
Another reader's health query from a few issues back also continues to attract interest.
Readers’ letters
