Measuring levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) may not be the best way to determine thyroid dysfunction, according to new data from Belgium. ...
Haemorrhoids (piles) are common - about half the population will have them at some point in life. They are like varicose veins, but of the tissue that lines the anal canal. If these veins become dilated and swollen, they can project into the anal...
Mr C.P., a 36-year-old soldier, came to see me eight months ago with a diagnosis of lymphoedema - extensive puffiness and swelling of his legs. He told me it had begun as a mild swelling of the right foot that had gradually extended to the entire...
Think you've got appendicitis? Don't ask the doctor because, according to some recent findings, he won't have a clue. ...
THE DRUGS DON'T WORK, PART 4,961: This time they do nothing for bronc
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
US doctors are still over prescribing antibiotics to babies, a new study reveals. ...
THE PAYBACK PRESIDENT: After the oil companies, it's the turn of the
Our daughter was born in May 1995. She needed oxygen and had to be ventilated. Finally, we took her home in mid July and she seemed to be well. Then in January, she developed an infection which me ...
I'm just going to listen to your heart many of us have heard their doctors say that in clinics and hospitals all over the world. But possession of a stethoscope does not an expert make. As more ...