What Doctors Don't Tell YouDoctors are enthusiasts, who often seize upon an all-purpose product - the type of gadget that claims to hoover your livingroom, cut your grass, wash your dog and put out the rubbish.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause cancer, a possibility that doctors and regulators would have been aware of had they read the research properly.
Q I am worried about the dangers of plastics. I’ve heard that cling film may be carcinogenic, and my daughter has been given a plastic dental brace to wear at night;
My name is Mick. I am 50 years old and, for the past 10 years, I’ve been taking 20 mg of simvastatin per day to bring down my cholesterol - it was 9.5.
Statins, commonly used to treat high cholesterol levels, may also cause symptoms of muscle tenderness and weakness.
Statins are the new wonder drugs now used to prevent everything from heart disease to Alzheimer's. But new evidence from a Finnish doctor shows that statins don't lower cholesterol which, in any c ...
FORGET CHOLESTEROL: It wasn't the bad guy after all
We've been trying to make gallstones disappear for several thousand years, yet the magic act still hasn't been perfected. Although gallstones can occur at any time, the average "sufferer" is betwe ...
Following the shock early last year of my husband being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, I visited my local private clinic for health screening. I am 56 years old, and had been suffering with fatigue,
In response to MT (WDDTY vol 12 no 11, p 8) on simvastatin (Zocor), after blood tests, my GP informed me that my cholesterol was high.
