What Doctors Don't Tell YouInevitably, families on holiday encounter small and large emergencies, and often don't have the health professionals on hand to help. Here's an A to Z of common emergencies plus simple remedies wh ...
Minor strains are caused when there is muscle fibre damage, but the muscle sheaths remain undamaged. (Medium strains involve a partial rupture of sheaths.) Although major strains require hospital ...
The drugs regulators, those sentinels at the gate who ensure our safety from dangerous prescription drugs, can sometimes be slow to act. It is now 18 months since we predicted the imminent withdrawal of Arava (leflunomide),
HOSPITALS: Are we sure they're places where people go to get better?
Haemorrhoids (piles) are common - about half the population will have them at some point in life. They are like varicose veins, but of the tissue that lines the anal canal. If these veins become dilated and swollen, they can project into the anal...
THIS BURNING SENSATION IN YOUR STROMACH: Is it the surgeon’s cigarett
FEVER: Are we right to hit the panic alarm?
My granddaughter Jasmine was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia in 2003.
