BAD SCIENCE So many studies, so many flaws A full one-third of American scientists have been found guilty of serious misconduct while undertaking medical research over the last three years. Their misdeeds have included the falsification of data...
Q I’ve heard a lot recently about syndrome X, but I don’t really understand what it is. Can you please explain what the symptoms are, who is likely to develop it and how it can be treated? - AJ, Plymouth
Reader's Corner
Reader's Corner
Changes to diet and lifestyle are generally the best way to tackle the majority of menstrual problems. ... ...
For every time, there is a season and, for every woman - if drug companies have their say - there is a contraceptive pill. Despite the mountain of evidence that the Pill can be dangerous, even life-threatening, the pharmaceutical industry keeps...
Which brain chemical this might be, and how it is repaired by a class-II controlled substance with the same effects as cocaine, has never been addressed. But as mounting evidence shows, if MPH is ‘correcting’ brain chemistry, it does so at great...
One of the largest investigations ever into the after effects of tubal sterilisation has concluded that menstrual irregularities are not a substantial risk of the operation. ...
The synthetic hormone progestogen is being widely prescribed to women for conditions where it is ineffective, or no more useful than a placebo, according to researchers from King's College Hospita ...
The current meningitis C campaign being conducted through the schools is being carried out all nice and reasonable seeming, with reasonable (if rather skimpy) consent forms sent home to the parent ...