What Doctors Don't Tell YouNorplant, the new miracle contraceptive that is supposed to be much safer than the Pill, may not be very safe after all. Over 400 women in the US are suing the American supplier Wyeth-Ayerst Labor ...
The old chestnut about the path to hell being paved by good intentions keeps coming to mind whenever we think about modern medicine. ...
As an avid reader of our E-news broadcasts, you probably will never need heart bypass surgery. But let’s suppose that you’ve left the straight and narrow. Perhaps you’ve missed a few issues, or you’ve started reading one of...
In a recent issue you have a rather favourable article on Fosamax .. ...
SSRIs are promoted as having fewer unwanted effects than alternatives, to be more acceptable to more patients and to be safer in overdose (and thus to decrease the risk of suicide). Two independent meta-analyses,
BOOSTER SEATS: They're a must in the car for every young child
Chelation therapy was first developed in the US in the early 1950s. It has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a way of removing toxic metals (such as lead and mercury) from t ...
A few months ago, I had a minor medical problem. For many weeks, I successively tried homeopathy, herbs, acupuncture, meditation and just leaving well alone, but nothing seemed to shift it.
Women who are very young or pregnant are two population groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. This is because trials have never been carried out on the biochemical effects of drugs on a small and developing body or on...
The different approaches of the UK and US drug regulators have been noted more than once in this column. A current case in point concerns the thyroid drugs and, in particular, thyroxine sodium, m ...
