What Doctors Don't Tell YouRadical mastectomy where the breast and surrounding muscles are removed is no better at preserving life than less aggressive treatments. ...
The prenatal miracle of ultrasound has taken another knock in one of the largest studies to be conducted on its efficacy. ...
Using second trimester ultrasound to detect Down's syndrome fetuses results in more fetal losses due to amniocentesis than cases of Down's detected, according to a new meta analysis. ...
Orthopaedic doctors are calling for better monitoring of the long term outcome of hip replacement operations. ...
Q Could you tell me the side effects of the new chickenpox vaccine, which doctors are now recommending for babies? - EH, Santa Fe, NM.
Acyclovir - the standard drug treatment against herpes - is ineffective against recurrent herpes, which is the most common form of the disease. The drug's main benefit is as a 'just-in-case', or prophylactic, remedy.
Doctors still can't agree on whether antibiotics are an effective way of treating acute bronchitis. Worse, they can't even agree on what acute bronchitis is. ...
Growth hormone has been used for more than 30 years with varying degrees of success to treat children of short stature. Surprisingly little research has been done on the long term success of this ...
The pneumonia vaccine is not effective in preventing pneumonia or death, new trials reveal. ...
Most cleft lip and palate operations are less than completely successful, a damning report has revealed. Less than half the children could speak clearly after the operation, two out of five had po ...
