What Doctors Don't Tell YouRevolutionary laser surgery for treating angina is dangerous, and at least 5 per cent of patients die soon after the operation, a damning new study has found.
A further doubt has been raised about blood transfusions following a new study that has found that transfusing red cells can endanger the life of patients.
One of the things conventional medicine prides itself on is its diagnoses. But much of the credit goes not to doctors, but to the technologists who have created increasingly sophisticated ways of peering into the human body.
High cholesterol levels may be dangerous in men although the jury's still out over this but is it the same for women? ...
Are fat people more likely to die earlier? Two major studies have been looking into this seemingly simple question, and come out with some complicated answers. ...
If you've had a heart attack, start taking fish oil it will reduce your chances of having another one. ...
The latest in the ongoing cholesterol controversy is that low cholesterol could be bad for your health. ...
Even a small increase in your daily vitamin C intake can significantly reduce the chances of early death from all causes. ...
Influenza may not be the great wintertime killer of the elderly as always believed. Instead, they are as likely to die from acute respiratory disease than the feared flu virus. ...
