What Doctors Don't Tell YouHigh quality mammograms are often misread and misinterpreted even by very experienced radiologists, according to research by Yale University School of Medicine (JAMA, 26 May 1993). ...
The widespread use of aspirin to prevent strokes is not supported by any scientific evidence and should be stopped in favour of more effective alternatives. ...
Angioplasty the surgical technique for unblocking arteries is not quite the modern wonder of the medical world it has been claimed to be. ...
Yet more evidence has been found of the dubious long term benefits of angioplasty that supposed miracle cure, balloon inflating procedure touted as a less invasive method of treating constricted h ...
'When you find a drug which helps you, do not try and persuade your medical advisor to cut the length of the treatment short. You may find when you take drugs that you improve quickly but do remember that depression is an illness ...'
Proscar (finasteride) is making a return visit as our Drug of the Month, following some sensational revelations. Manufactured by Merck, it has quickly established itself as the treatment of choice ...
Miracle or mayhem? A lot depends on the dose, but there's little medical evidence to support the outrageous claims being made for its powers in humans. ...
Latest clinical trials confirm that implanted cardiac defibrillators do not benefit heart attack patients. ...
A special radiotherapy treatment for brain tumours, hailed as a miracle cure by the British press, is far from that, say two leading specialists.
New evidence suggests that men with early signs of prostate cancer are being missed because screening techniques are inadequate. ...
