Largely as a result of parental pressure, doctors and hospitals in America must provide the parents of children eligible for vaccination with information pamphlets containing detailed information ...
As a competent adult, you have an absolute right to consent to or refuse medical treatment. The aura of omnipotence with which the medical establishment seeks to surround itself means that many of ...
What is it that persuades some people to succumb to the use of extremely toxic petrochemical drugs in the hope of killing a deadly disease? After all, if chemotherapy were classed as a criminal punishment,
NEW DRUGS FOR OLD: When to say ‘no’ to your GP
A widow is planning to sue drugs giant Wellcome, claiming that its anti AIDS drug AZT killed her HIV positive husband. ...
Patients become anxious if they read about the supposedly devastating effects of dental amalgam, as when it is linked to multiple sclerosis and other serious degenerative diseases. But when they ...
New data gleaned from a 12 year inquiry into the practices at two "centres of excellence" in the UK showed that children with Down's syndrome were given a lower priority for treatment, and that th ...
From November, you have the right to see all medical records maintained about you, including what used to be classified as confidential doctor's notes. ...
Diagnosis can take away from you one of the most precious things you have: your sense of well being, of trusting your body, of being healthy without having to worry about your health. A visit to ...
A recent US document published by the Institute of Medicine showed that up to 98,000 people die in the US each year due to medical error more than die in motor vehicle accidents. ...
