What Doctors Don't Tell YouEvery so often a magic bullet comes along which promises to transform our health in a single pill, and so we grab it with both hands and ask all the hard questions later. ...
Steroids are fast catching up with antibiotics as the most abused class of drugs in your doctor's black bag. There's no doubt that the discovery of steroids a half century ago was a major advance ...
I made a house visit to a patient with mastitis whose baby was six days old. Her GP had just been and told her she needed antibiotics. She asked him whether she might try homeopathic treatment as ...
Premature babies are at great risk of suffering brain injury, so they are routinely given transfusions as a preventative. But new research has discovered that the procedure is worthless. ...
People who have operations to strip their varicose veins are at risk from suffering venous thromboembolism (vein blockage by a clot) after surgery, Swiss doctors warn. ...
Hospitals should restrict their use of blood transfusions with critically ill patients as this will probably increase their chances of surviving. ...
The medical meddlers are at it again. This time they're trying to programme babies not to get heart attacks later in life. ...
The latest drugs which look like making a fortune for the drugs industry are those designed to lower blood cholesterol levels. ...
Regular screening of individuals at risk of lung cancer may not reduce death from the disease. ...
Mammograms are at their poorest in detecting breast cancer when the woman is under 50 and when the time between screenings is about two years. ...
