What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe latest example of medical double speak concerns the contraceptive pill. ...
Q-I am 36. I've always suffered from heavy periods, acne and facial hair. Fifteen years ago, my doctor diagnosed my problem as polycystic ovarian disease and put me on the Pill. Lately, my periods ...
This month, we received a letter from a family planning doctor defending the use of the Pill (see Letters, p 8). It got me thinking about how this drug, more than any other, is getting away with m ...
A few weeks ago, the British government, in one of the most dramatic moves in the 30-year history of the Pill, issued a warning against seven brands containing one of two of the so-called "low dos ...
My darling daughter Caroline, aged 14, started having health problems in October 1991 (numbness in face, speech affected, loss of sight, tingling in hands and slight headache), which our GP diagno ...
Widespread use of synthetic estrogens like the contraceptive pill and hormone replacement therapy may account for the dramatic fall in sperm counts of men over the past 30 to 50 years. ...
Saturated and trans fats in the diet can lead to obesity, and can also harbour cancer-promoting chemicals like pesticides, industrial chemicals and foreign oestrogens. Overcooked meats, especially barbecued and chargrilled, contain cancer-causing...
The contraceptive pill is used in the symptomatic treatment of endometriosis. By simulating pregnancy it can help relieve heavy, irregular and painful bleeding and lower estrogen levels, although ...
Psychiatrists are beginning to question the use of the drug lithium in treating manic-depressives. The drug had passed clinical trials with flying colours and has been in frequent use since the 1960s
