What Doctors Don't Tell YouIrish researchers have found that measures to control air pollution have dramatically reduced the death rate from respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
Diuretics were invented 70 years ago to reduce body swelling due to water retention. They are based on relatively simple chemical formulas that work by encouraging the kidneys to expel more urine,
In July 1990, Hong Kong instituted a total ban on high-sulphur fuels. Since then, cars, lorries and power stations have only been allowed to burn fuels containing less than 0.5 per cent sulphur.
Doctors who advise patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to undergo surgery may be misleading them to think that it may reduce subsequent drug use and cancer risk. ...
Revolutionary laser surgery for treating angina is dangerous, and at least 5 per cent of patients die soon after the operation, a damning new study has found.
A further doubt has been raised about blood transfusions following a new study that has found that transfusing red cells can endanger the life of patients.
One of the things conventional medicine prides itself on is its diagnoses. But much of the credit goes not to doctors, but to the technologists who have created increasingly sophisticated ways of peering into the human body.
Surgical removal of the appendix, or appendectomy, is the most common operation in the West (BMJ, 2002; 325: 505-6): 6-8 per cent of Britons and North Americans will undergo the operation in their lifetime. Generally considered a safe and standard...
If you've had a heart attack, start taking fish oil it will reduce your chances of having another one. ...
