What Doctors Don't Tell YouMore than 10,000 cases of cancer of the prostate, the walnut-sized gland that sits just below the bladder, are diagnosed every year in the UK. It is the second-most common cause of cancer deaths
All women attending antenatal clinics will be routinely tested to see whether they have hepatitis B, under a new directive from the Department of Health. ...
American doctors who routinely give mammograms to women under 50 are needlessly exposing them to radiation and inaccurate diagnoses, charge two leading British cancer specialists. ...
BREAST EXAMINATION: It doesn’t make any difference
Over the years, the doctor’s stethoscope has been replaced by whiz-bang gadgetry to assess the functioning of the heart. Although these diagnostic tools are better
Two leading London consultant obstetricians deplored the use of chorion villus sampling the new, earlier screening test for Down's syndrome on older women of no increased genetic risk. ... ...
European and British guidelines both state that patients with type II diabetes should be screened annually for diabetic retinopathy but a new study casts doubt on this requirement. ...
Regular screening of individuals at risk of lung cancer may not reduce death from the disease. ...
New evidence suggests that men with early signs of prostate cancer are being missed because screening techniques are inadequate. ...
Medicine has persisted with the idea that screening for breast cancer saves lives. Why? Because trial after trial has said so (with qualification). But a new study has come up with evidence that contradicts all the previous trials, and has concluded...
