David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMHEquisetum arvense Equisetaceae Names: Shavegrass. Habitat: Common on wet ground and waste places. Collection: Take care to ensure the plants being picked are E.arvense or other common species, as some other specices are rare butlocally abundant...
What Doctors Don't Tell YouA new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy doesn’t help incontinence, one of the reasons it’s prescribed.
Just when you thought there was no more bad news to report about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), along comes a study that reveals it isn't even good for the one thing for which it's still being prescribed - incontinence. Doctors who thought that...
Chaos and clinical controversy rages at hospitals worldwide over the best way to treat prostate cancer. ...
Since the middle of the 18th century, when episiotomy was first introduced, the practice of artificially widening the vaginal opening by cutting into the perineum (the skin and tissue lying between the vulva and the anus) has become more and more...
Haemorrhoids (piles) are common - about half the population will have them at some point in life. They are like varicose veins, but of the tissue that lines the anal canal. If these veins become dilated and swollen, they can project into the anal...
British pharmaceutical company Kabi Pharmacia has voluntarily withdrawn its anti incontinence drug Micturin, after evidence has surfaced possibly linking it to eight deaths. ...
It’s true to say that most men die with prostate cancer rather than from it. It’s now the most prevalent cancer in men, having overtaken lung cancer, but it’s also one of the most benign. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the...
BLADDER CONTROL: Is it all in the mind?
Dana Ullman MPHInvoluntary urination is ironically a problem experienced at both ends of a person's life, both during infancy and aging. Older adults have difficulty with bladder control usually because of either urinary tract disease, nervous system dysfunction...
