Action by diabetics to sue the manufacturers of so called human insulin for damages seems set to collapse. ...
In Europe and the US, the average life time risk of developing colorectal cancer is one in 20, but the risk can go up or down as a result of many factors: .. ...
For many people with type 2 diabetes, the drug of choice is likely to be metformin (Glucophage), the only available member of the biguanide family. It works by stopping the liver from producing n ...
We in the West are relentless consumers of sugar. In the US, every man, woman and child consumes an average of 45 kg of refined sugar every year.
Several cases of children born from assisted conception developing tumours have come to light. ... ...
The theory that adult health is determined to a significant degree by conditions in the womb before birth has recently been challenged.
A recent report suggests that AIDS patients taking the antiviral drug abacavir may develop diabetes. ...
The so-called ‘atypical antipsychotic drugs’ have been hailed as a pharmaceutical breakthrough and have, by now, largely replaced the old guard of neuroleptics. However, a recent overview of these modern medicines questions the claim that this new...
More evidence that exercise may help prevent the onset of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. ...
In addition to suppressing CoQ10 and possibly causing CHF, the major side-effects of statins include muscle pain and weakness (myopathy), liver and kidney damage,