What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ:I've been reading a lot about a promising new method of treating heart disease called chelation therapy. How established is it? Has it been proved safe to use? S F, Washington, DC..... ...
Q:After an MRI scan for my neck I had an appalling claustrophobia (during it), with memory loss. I kept crying shaking, couldn't write, stammered, had nightmares for two weeks afterwards. It was 5 ...
The prospect of surgery is very distressing and worrying for anyone, and you're not likely to feel at your strongest at these times. There will also be a natural tendency to trust the surgeon impl ...
Mobile phones are safe or at least that's what the industry would like you to believe. However, a number of new research projects around the world are coming up with disturbing results every possi ...
Female sterilisation is touted as a safe and hassle-free means of permanently ridding yourself of having more children, particularly for the over-40s. Although doctors usually tell women that tying your tubes is ‘Band-Aid’ surgery, there’s nothing...
Doctors tell you that steroids only cause side effects after many years. But new research shows that permanent damage is immediate and devastating. Here's how to avoid it. ...
Re WDDTY vol 14 no 3, some years ago the amino-acid L-tryptophan was sold in healthfood stores and used by thousands of people for sleep and stress-related problems. Sadly, L-tryptophan was taken off the market
A heart drug is being tested as a better way of stopping pre term labour. The drug, nifedipine, is looking promising, early trials have found, and can postpone delivery much more effectively than ...
Up to one-third of all coronary bypass surgery may be unnecessary, and could even be hastening the death of the patient. ...
Ultrasound scanning of pregnant women may cause their children to have delayed speech development, according to a Canadian study. ...
