VULVODYNIA The ‘secret’ disease of women Vulvar discomfort is far more prevalent than initially thought, affecting up to 16 per cent of all women aged 18 to 64. Often lasting for three months or more, it involves a constant or sporadic ‘stabbing’ or...
The probiotics Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces boulardii (a yeast) are better than placebo in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, according to a recent meta-analysis.
One reader's 13-year-old daughter has a continual problem of skin peeling from the bottom of her feet.
Rhinitis (constant runny nose) is the sixth most common chronic condition in the world (in the US, 10,000 children are absent every schoolday due to allergic rhinitis), yet the treatment for
Mrs M.C.R., a jovial 52-year-old Hungarian, came to see me four months ago, complaining of numbness and tingling in her hands and feet, hair loss, lethargy, and a scaly, ruddy rash around her eyes, nose, mouth and genital area. Because the problem...
Q I want to train as a midwife, but don’t want to take the required hepatitis B vaccination. Is there any way out of this? In addition, what are the risks of contracting this disease as a midwife? -
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