Miss L.P., a 28-year-old single woman, was troubled by cold sores, which seemed to be triggered by citrus. She was an avid drinker of normal English tea with milk, but had recently got into the habit of having a grapefruit each morning. She was...
The diagnosis of ‘inflammatory bowel disease’, or IBD, is among medicine’s many umbrella terms. It hovers over a range of inflammatory conditions of the bowel, although two in particular - ulcerative colitis
Another puzzling aspect of pre-eclampsia is the role of the father. Pre-eclampsia is more common in first pregnancies. One study showed that as long as the woman stays with the same partner, rates ...