The important Atlanta research revealing 34 major side-effects with MMR and CDC vaccines makes it irresponsible for our medical bureaucracy to go on advocating these injections. This is quite apart from the vexed question of autism
Levodopa’s ability to reduce the distressing symptoms of early-stage Parkinson’s disease has earned itself enough street cred to become the first-line treatment for the condition. However, there’s a flip-side to every coin, and this drug is no...
Yet another clinical trial of tamoxifen can’t decide if the drug is worth taking.
Originally hailed as a major contribution to breast cancer prevention, tamoxifen has had a bumpy ride
In April, I reluctantly began taking the ACE-inhibitor ramipril, hoping it might regress LVH [left ventricular hypertrophy]. My GP gave me some responsibility for handling the dosage so that I could slowly build it up to 5 mg daily. I reached [this...
Q My 76-year-old father has recently developed tremors which his GP has diagnosed as Parkinson’s disease, but I would like a second opinion.
I have just read your article on pneumonia (WDDTY vol 15 no 11), in which I was quite interested, as my mother is very subject to pneumonia. We have also just managed to get her off about seven prescription drugs. Is it possible that drugs...
* Tranquillisers
* Beta-blockers
* Steroids such as prednisolone
* Epilepsy drugs such as Zonegran
Statins (HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors) are known to cause a form of muscle pain and weakness, liver abnormalities and, in severe cases, rhabdomyolysis, a muscle condition that can lead to kidney failure.
It is the second most common neurological disorder after stroke - affecting one in 2000 people. However, this is not a simple disorder, but a group of central nervous system (CNS) disorders
Having read your booklet Guide to Asthma and Eczema, I feel I should write to you about something you wrote on page 23.
