What Doctors Don't Tell YouWhen it comes to drug safety, how safe is safe?
The good news is that asthma is on the decrease after rising for 40 years. The bad news is that nobody has a clue about the reason for the sudden decline. In the UK alone, self-reporting of asthma among children aged 13 and 14 has fallen by around...
Having read 'Choking on Medicine' (vol 4 no 6), how real are the dangers of coming off asthma drugs, and what precautions should be taken?- P D W, Dyfed.
If you are alarmed by medicine's hit and miss approach to asthma with dangerous drugs, there are many sensible approaches that may lessen or even eliminate your symptoms. As Leo Galland writes: "I ...
Q The Housing Association I belong to is forcing me to install PVC windows in my flat. As an asthmatic, the quality of the air I breathe is of great importance, and I am very concerned about the dangers of PVC. - MF, London
ASTHMA: The gut connection
I suffer from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and hope that someone can help with alternative remedies or suggestions. - AC
* Can aspirin combat Alzheimer’s?Aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs) may prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a meta-analysis has confirmed. Researchers from the
Until the 1950s asthma was not thought to be a life threatening condition. Thus the Oxford Medicine in 1920 said: "Prognosis is excellent. The sensitive type probably never dies in an attack and t ...
