What Doctors Don't Tell YouWant to know if you’re at risk from a heart attack? Forget the BMI (body mass index), a measure based on your height and weight and, instead, use your waist-to-hip ratio. Scientists have found that this measure is by far the most accurate way to...
A new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy doesn’t help incontinence, one of the reasons it’s prescribed.
IT’S THE WAY THEY TELL ‘EM: And who’s saying it
Slimming pills don't work. Obese people regain any weight they lose as soon as they come off the pills, the US national task force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity has concluded. ...
OBESE KIDS: The finger keeps pointing back to processed foods
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
* Have surgery in a multidisciplinary setting combining medical and mental-health care, physical therapy and other treatments. Patients do better with such an approach and are also more likely to return to work (Pain, 1992; 49: 221-30).
A stroke occurs when blood circulation to the brain fails. Brain cells can die as a result of the decreased blood flow and subsequent lack of oxygen.
Q Can you suggest a natural alternative to stripping varicose veins? - RW, Henley-on-Thames
* Look to hidden food allergy. Coffee, milk, sugar, honey, alcoholic and soft drinks, tea, chocolate, citrus juices and fruits, tomatoes or tomato-based products and highly spiced foods have all been associated with incontinence. Keep a food diary...
