What Doctors Don't Tell YouThere’s now yet another reason to avoid chemotherapy.
People with a history of hepatitis run the risk of having the virus reactivated by cancer drug treatments that suppress the immune system.
One in every 250 people will be a survivor of childhood cancer. However, what kind of future can they look forward to?
A number of classes of drugs can cause cerebral hemorrhage or infarction. These include: ... ...
In the world of medicine, the old conundrum which comes first, the chicken or the egg? has transformed into: which comes first, the disease or the medication? This is most apparent in AIDS diagno ...
HODGKIN'S DISEASE: Treating one cancer might just start another
It is difficult to believe that I was diagnosed with advanced invasive breast cancer - and given a poor prognosis - back in April 2000. Eight months later, having followed a different treatment path, I went into remission and have never looked back...
Oncologists often have only one strategy when dealing with breast cancer: stop the flow of oestrogen to the tumour. Although only half of all breast cancers depend on oestrogen, it’s become a one-size-fits-all approach.
* Diet as good as drugs for reducing cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration, the American drugs regulator, has admitted that plant sterols in oils, viscous fibres (oats and barley) and almonds can all reduce cholesterol.
ARTHRITIS? So let’s try this cancer therapy on you . . .
In the early part of this century, a group of doctors gathered round a patient with cancer, regarding him as something akin to a circus freak. "Take a good look," remarked a senior member," for th ...
