What Doctors Don't Tell YouOur daughter was born in May 1995. She needed oxygen and had to be ventilated. Finally, we took her home in mid July and she seemed to be well. Then in January, she developed an infection which me ...
Growth hormone has been used for more than 30 years with varying degrees of success to treat children of short stature. Surprisingly little research has been done on the long term success of this ...
Too many patients are being given chemotherapy, even when it is clear that the drugs have not been effective and they are near death. ...
Radical mastectomy where the breast and surrounding muscles are removed is no better at preserving life than less aggressive treatments. ...
In mid July, some sobering news emerged about ultrasound scanning. According to a Norwegian study of 2,000 babies performed by the National Centre for Foetal Medicine in Trondheim, those subject ...
Hospitalization and administration of antibiotics to infants with fevers is unnecessary with proper screening criteria. ...
A survey of l00 GPs from the current Wessex Family Health Services Authority and all 28 of the consultant child psychiatrists in the area found that in a three month period, 6l prescriptions for h ...
Pediatricians are prescribing growth hormone drugs to short children outside of the guidelines of the American Food and Drug Administration. Even though there is no scientific evidence that shows ...
Does a high cholesterol level increase the risk of a heart attack? Medicine seems unable to come up with a definitive answer to this seemingly simple question, and two new studies do little to res ...
Many women are undergoing unnecessary surgery after miscarriage, according to a report (GP, 6 August 1993). ...
