Ninety percent of people exposed to TB will not contract the disease. The skin test fails to detect half of people with latent TB, and false-negatives are common in individuals with weakened immune systems. Usually anyone with a positive skin test...
We love your pithy comments and outrageous criticism of doctors’ drugs and SARS (WDDTY vol 14 no 2). But what have you got against progesterone?
Re the article (WDDTY vol 15 no 7) ‘The newest brainkillers’ on the harmful side-effects of Ritalin, prescribed for hyperactive children, the British National Formulary, the book which UK GPs prescribe from, also warns that children given Ritalin...
In the early 90s, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and improved considerably on a daily dose of 125 mcg thyroxine (Norton brand) until 1999, when unbeknownst to me,
What is a 'normal' blood test, asked a reader last week. Several readers point out that there are so many different types of test, and the laboratory will look only for those specific markers or components in the blood that the doctor has requested...
According to a US study of more than 10,000 women, long-term use of antibiotics may be linked to a substantially increased risk of breast cancer. Women with more than 25 prescriptions, or who took antibiotics
The most commonly performed medical procedure for pet cats is annual immunization. For many years this has been a standard practice and recommendation. Over the last few years, new information has come to light that has caused us to question the...
Randall Neustaedter OMD
What Doctors Don't Tell You