What Doctors Don't Tell YouTHE NATURAL REMEDIES DON'T WORK: Question mark over a couple of trusty
ANTIDEPRESSANTS: They don't work (but don't tell anyone)
Digoxin, the heart drug derived from digitalis, has now been comprehensively shown to be ineffective in heart failure, according to a study of nearly 7000 patients.
Do women under the age of 50 benefit from mammogram screening? Latest findings from the Swedish study - involving nearly 250,000 women - suggests not,
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None of the 66 pharmaceutical drugs currently licensed as treatment for high blood pressure, or hypertension, are any better than 'water pills', according to a new breakthrough study.
FAT CHANCE: Liposuction isn't such a great diet
As breast cancer rates continue to spiral upward (to 185,000 women in the US and 28,000 women in the UK every year), the pressure is on for women, particularly those over 40, to have regular mammograms.
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THE THIN END OF THE WEDGE, I: Are the wort's days numbered?
