What Doctors Don't Tell YouThere's a wind of change in asthma treatment, or certainly as far as the marketing men are concerned. They've been sharpening their pencils to tell doctors about Seretide, a new asthma inhaler des ...
Instead of directly blocking angiotensin II, ACE inhibitors slow the activity of the angiotensin-converting enzyme, which catalyses the formation of angiotensin II from angiotensin I in the blood. As there are other pathways for the formation of...
Despite our most valiant efforts, it looks like we're losing the fight with the EU to safeguard our vitamins and traditional medicines. But throughout, we were always able to look to the USA as an example of consumer power over the large...
While ECT is traditionally viewed as a last resort in treatment, studies show that practitioners often opt for combined drug and ECT treatment as a first line for severely depressed patients. Whi ...
Our own bad habits and environmental noise pollution can cause hearing loss. In Australia, Dr Eric Le Page is predicting an epidemic of hearing loss in young people (Lancet, 1994; 344: 675). Using ...
A 44-year-old woman has had a problem with excessive perspiration all her life. She doesn’t suffer from body odour – only sweating – particularly on the face and under the arms. Supermarket anti-perspirants don’t seem to work. Is the problem...
EYE PROBLEMS: So you didn't need the patch after all
Then there was the woman reader who suffers from dry, flaky skin in patches on her right side, close to her bra strap, and around the waist area.
Even if your drinking water isn’t fluoridated (and much of the UK’s isn’t), fluoride resides in all sorts of unlikely places. Indeed, the concentration in outer enamel of the teeth
