Laser eye surgery, the so called miracle solution to myopia, has many hidden dangers, including the possibility that it may make your eyesight worse. ...
More confusing messages from medicine, this time over breast examination. ...
New evidence suggests that the MMR vaccine should never have been given a licence because there was never sufficient evidence of its safety or efficacy. ...
Plain skull radiographs should be abandoned as a means of detecting intracranial bleeding in people with mild head injury, according to Dutch investigators. ...
Q-At the age of 48, I am beginning to have symptoms of prostate enlargement, such as difficulty urinating. I have seen a number of expensive herbal and vitamin supplements, such as zinc, evening p ...
Ritalin (methylphenidate), taken by as many as a million American children to control hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder (ADD), has been largely resisted by parents in Britain - until recently.
Aspirin, often touted as a cheap effective medicine for heart patients, may only be of real benefit to those who have lower systolic blood pressure (SBP). Even so, it is not clear if the potentia ...
Depression is far more of a common complaint among primary school children and adolescents than people realize. It can affect nearly 2 per cent of primary school children, and double the number of ...
Mammogram screening programmes should be abandoned because of the unnecessary harm they cause and the cost of them, senior medical researchers have recommended. ...
A small study from Italy has found that immunity to whooping cough is short lived after either vaccination or natural disease. ...
