What Doctors Don't Tell YouWine remains the most benign of the alcoholic beverages, according to the latest research. It has been compared against beers and spirits and is considered the least likely of the three to cause u ...
How much radiation can a human being face before it becomes a carcinogen?
SCREENING: No, it doesn’t save lives
Survival rates for women undergoing coronary angioplasty to clear blocked heart vessels are declining, while those for men remain fairly stable according to an American study (JAMA, 28 April 1993) ...
Men who reach retirement age with slow-growing prostate cancer are likely to live as long as men without tumours, scientists have discovered. ...
American researchers have confirmed earlier findings of how inhaling cigarette smoke can aggravate a child's asthma. ...
Heart attack patients given antiarrhythmic (irregular heartbeat) drugs are more likely to die. ...
The Alzheimer’s drug Reminyl (galantamine hydrobromide) could prove fatal to patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, the company that makes the drug. The warning was issued to healthcare professionals...
Everywhere in the world, whenever a pregnant woman mentions home birth in front of her doctor, the most common reaction is, "It is a return to the past. What will you do if. . ." ...
A new British report shows that surgeons are performing too many "inappropriate and aggressive" operations on patients who are frail or terminally ill. ...
