Medical fascism - Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine devoted a good portion of an issue to chiropractic. The first study, which purported to examine whether...

Recently, a reader sent in a little known letter which had been published in the new zealand medical journal. - The letter, written by J Barthelow Classen, director of American based Classen Immuno Therapies in Baltimore, Maryland, provided some astonishing evid...

Breastfeeding: - It also protects against hypertension - Last week we mentioned that breastfeeding our babies was probably not such a bad idea, especially as those who are introduced to cereals too early are...

Hrt: need for better trials - The benefits of hormone replacement therapy could be cancelled out by their risks, according to an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. ....

Iuds:hidden infections - While the Lancet was trumpeting the safety of long term placement of interuterine devices, the New England Journal of Medicine warned they could cause...

Doctors dummies on breastfeeding - New mothers who turn to doctors for advice on breastfeeding may be in for a bitter disappointment. A survey among more than 3,000 specialist doctors a...

Breastfeeding: It’s not as bad as they say - There seems to be a school of thought in medicine that just doesn’t like breastfeeding. Not exclusive breastfeeding, at any event, and certainly not...

Newborns to be tested for hiv - All newborn babies in the US are likely to be tested for HIV even though the test itself is not accurate, researchers have discovered. ...