Early amniocentesis the prenatal test for Down's syndrome is so dangerous that Dutch researchers may abandon their trials into the procedure because it is not "ethically justified" to continue. ...
Recently, after the Royal Free Hospital in London published a study in The Lancet showing a possible association between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism, the government and th ...
Women believe that they can ensure the well being of their babies by having ultrasound scans and that the earlier any problems are detected, the better. But, increasing evidence now shows that ear ...
A new British report shows that surgeons are performing too many "inappropriate and aggressive" operations on patients who are frail or terminally ill. ...
Doctors who dismissed as an old wives' remedy the use of magnesium to treat pregnant women with eclampsia may have to think again. ...
Should women who have a familial history or genetic risk of breast cancer have a mastectomy just in case? No, according to a recent review. ...
I certainly don't want to tread on anyone's religious beliefs, particularly during the holiday season, but while we're all contemplating age old practices, I've just got to speak out against routi ...
BREAST CANCER: Up to half of all cases may not be cancer at all
FLU: Time to get those kids vaccinated
We know where they come from, we have a good idea what to do about many of them, yet gallstones are one of medicine's great travesties. Nearly one in every seven adults or 20 million Americans su ...
