What Doctors Don't Tell YouI have been considering laser treatment to get rid of a few lines around my mouth. My plastic surgeon would not recommend peeling, but described laser treatment as safe and gave me the name of a c ...
Despite a tireless sales campaign by doctors and the drug industry, half of all women prescribed HRT stop within six months, according to a recent survey by the National Opinions Polls, and four o ...
Patients with low back pain believe they are getting 'good' care if there are sent for X-rays in spite of the fact that the X-ray does nothing to improve their condition. ...
Prozac the "happy drug" to ease depression could soon be called up to treat PMS sufferers as well. ...
The antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine) is often prescribed to treat chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) but researchers have found it has absolutely no beneficial effect. ...
A natural progesterone cream supposed to reverse postmenopausal osteoporosis is ineffective because it is not properly absorbed into the system. ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new cocktail of vaccines for use on babies and children between two months and five years (JAMA, 19 May 1993). ...
The latest bit of gee whizz technology, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal), has been given US official "gold standard" treatment approval for gallstones, even though questions pers ...
Dr Max Gerson developed a nutritional programme for which he claimed a high level of success (see WDDTY Guide to Cancer). Gerson's nutritional programme advocates: ... ...
Painkillers prescribed in combination are a waste of time, according to a recent large study.
