What Doctors Don't Tell YouI have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
At first sight, it may seem obvious that before being expected to agree to what amounts to an invasion of one's body in other fields, a criminal offence that patients should be given the fullest p ...
Patients kitted out with a certain kind of artificial heart valves are being urged to replace them, since the risks of their breaking are greater than supposed. ...
Around 600,000 babies are born each year in the UK to women considered to be at high risk of having HIV; of these, just 59 are actually born HIV positive. ...
In August 1992 when I was 55 I had a total hip replacement after I had been having trouble with osteoarthritis off and on for years. ...
As you may have noticed, we've been quoting Stephen Fulder a good deal lately in these pages. Fulder (author of How to be a Healthy Patient; Hodder & Stoughton) advocates a combination of the ...
I'm about to mount my favourite hobby horse again. The other day I was shocked to read an article in the American magazine Mothering about what mothers should do if they are accused of child abu ...
Menopausal women are being prescribed hormone replacement therapy by their doctors with inadequate consultation or discussion, according to a survey. ...
What doctors don't tell you is only part of the story what patients don't tell doctors needs airing, too. What I did not tell the doctors today in the hospital I attended is that I was very angry ...
Something in the air tells me that the rights of Britain’s parents to determine whether to have their children vaccinated may soon be withdrawn. There are straws in the wind that could add up to nothing -
