When doctors can't get a grip on a particular disease, they begin experimenting with ever fiercer treatments on the assumption that the more powerful the weaponry, the greater the likelihood of va ...
This so called miracle preventative for heart attacks usually isn't necessary. When it is, the effects don't last. The number of deaths from heart disease reads like a terrifying roll call of modern times: in 1989, 1 million people died of heart...
Dieting is prone to potentially dangerous fads and fashions. In our second Millennium issue, WDDTY exposes the worst of the slimming regimes and offers proven ways to reach your ideal weight. ...
The miracle surgery which helps the lame walk may have its price. New evidence shows that metallic debris from the replaced joints travels to other organs, possibly causing cancer. ...
Two recent case reports show that coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) therapy can be an effective treatment for rare, previously untreatable respiratory chain dysfunction. ...
The 'kiss of life' may not be such a lifesaver after all, say researchers at the University of Washington, Seattle. ...
A practice that has been used since the 1950s to treat sciatica is of no benefit and does not reduce the need for surgery, researchers have found. ...
Q:I am 36 and have had bad acne since puberty. In October I finally went to see a dermatologist, who prescribed erythromycin and said that I should take it for a few months and then go onto a dru ...
Q-Is there anything, apart from conventional antifungals, that can cure persistent fungal nail infection? I have suffered from this condition for several years and nothing seems to get rid of it c ...
Has medicine finally found the cure for the common cold? Well, if you fancy a high tech approach which involves sticking a molecule up your nose, you might at least suffer fewer symptoms. ...
