More 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
Annual mammograms do not reduce breast cancer deaths, say Canadian researchers. ...
Recently introduced criteria for diagnosing diabetes may not be robust enough, according to a two new studies. ...
The Lancet - that bastion of medical orthodoxy is calling for a major rethink in breast cancer treatment and an admission from the medical profession of the failure of existing treatments. ...
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Over the years, the doctor’s stethoscope has been replaced by whiz-bang gadgetry to assess the functioning of the heart.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. ...