What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe practice of prescribing antibiotics for common conditions has, once again, been called into question by two new studies. ...
SLE is difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat. Many of the treatments currently administered to sufferers of SLE are nothing more than a shot in the dark. Since SLE can manifest i ...
The time consuming detective work needed to isolate the cause of your child's hyperactivity might seem daunting compared with the medical solution of simply taking methyphenidate hydrochloride. B ...
Eletriptan is one of the newer breed of triptans for treating migraine, following in the wake of the more famous sumatriptan. It's cheaper, and is more effective than oral sumatriptan and a recent ...
People who are successfully treated for high blood pressure with drugs such as beta blockers or diuretics are still more likely to die from heart disease. ...
Five years after the Haemophilus influenzae type b (or Hib) jab was introduced as routine for US children, researchers are finding that, while the incidence of bacterial meningitis is declining am ...
Screening for ovarian cancer has dubious benefits and may even be harmful to women, so should not be considered without further research. ...
Q:I've been reading a lot about a promising new method of treating heart disease called chelation therapy. How established is it? Has it been proved safe to use? S F, Washington, DC..... ...
The prospect of surgery is very distressing and worrying for anyone, and you're not likely to feel at your strongest at these times. There will also be a natural tendency to trust the surgeon impl ...
