What Doctors Don't Tell YouI recently had a run-in with my local hospital when they insisted that I have a mammogram before they would scan the cysts in my breasts or aspirate them, or do anything else.
'Heaven can wait' trills the advertisement for Zocor, a cholesterol-lowering drug from Merck. But for how long? might be the cynical rider.
While conventional medicine currently admits defeat in treating HIV infection, alternative approaches have shown some remarkable success. A range of studies suggests that Chinese and Western reme ...
ANYONE LISTENING?: When it comes to vaccines, apparently not
The contraceptive pill should be available over the counter without the need for a doctor's prescription, according to an editorial in The Lancet (4 September 1993).
A media frenzy surrounded the "mobile phones are good for you" study and the recent BBC Panorama, featuring the research with a negative spin. The reality is that Dr Alan Preece's long awaited res ...
In America and elsewhere, governments are considering whether to replace the current polio vaccine, which is causing the only new cases of polio. ... ...
Lariam (mefloquine hydrochloride), the anti malarial drug produced by Hoffman-La Roche, has rarely been out of the news since its introduction in the 1980s. ...
Electromagnetic field (EMF) levels are calibrated according to a variety of measures, the most common of which is ‘microteslas’ (µT). In the UK, the government body responsible for advising on EMF safety is the National Radiological Protection Board...
Q I have a ganglion cyst on my right wrist that is apparently pressing on a nerve and right over a tendon. It’s too painful to bash with the family bible. I'm due to see a hospital consultant with a view to its being either aspirated or removed.
