That old Chinese proverb 'Be careful what you wish for as you might just get it' comes to mind when we hear the calls from multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers in the UK for free access to the drug interferon beta-1b.
It all began with a fever. So begins The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion’s extraordinary account of the events of 2003 and 2004, and memoir of her marriage to writer John Gregory Dunne.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Medicine has never harmed anyone, ever, no way
High dose chemotherapy for breast cancer a controversial treatment unsuccessfully tried by Linda McCartney, the wife of ex Beatle Paul is dangerous and of little benefit, four trials have conclude ...
Patients who have taken Lamisil or Sporanox to treat their toenail or fingernail fungal infections may have got more than they bargained for.
Liposuction-the most popular cosmetic operation in the US, where unsightly fat deposits are quickly dispersed has been responsible for at least five deaths. ...
MIND AND BODY: How a positive attitude can help you survive bypass sur
Opticians are not properly testing for glaucoma, or high blood pressure in the eye, which affects about 2 per cent of people. As a result, only about a half of cases are ever detected and, of thes ...
MRSA: Now wash your hands
The largest processor of human cadaver tissue in the US has been ordered to recall cartilage, ligaments, tendons and other soft-tissue products processed since 3 October 2001,
