What Doctors Don't Tell YouDiethylstilboestrol (DES), the synthetic oestrogen, caused re-productive deformities and reproductive cancer among a generation of children born to millions of American women who took the drug to prevent mis-carriage in the middle of the last...
I'm about to mount my favourite hobby horse again. The other day I was shocked to read an article in the American magazine Mothering about what mothers should do if they are accused of child abu ...
Physicians who freely prescribe hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to women who are approaching, but have not yet reached, menopause may be increasing the woman's risk of developing venous thromboe ...
Children conceived by ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection), the IVF treatment of choice when the man is very infertile, may suffer some development problems at around one year. ...
Action by diabetics to sue the manufacturers of so called human insulin for damages seems set to collapse. ...
If mammography is far from being an exact science, the interpretation of the x-rays by radiologists is more an amateur art form. ...
Melatonin, the wonder supplement being taken for everything from jet lag to insomnia, may interfere with usual sleep patterns. ...
A claim that radiation from a mobile phone caused a fatal brain tumour is to be heard by an American court within 12 months. ...
A new procedure for testing for cancer of the colon is worse than the standard test it would have replaced, researchers have discovered. ...
Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly dispensed for the aches and pains of the elderly. A recent study, however, suggests that this group of people may be the most vulnerable ...
