Steroids don't help asthmatic schoolchildren - Inhaled steroid treatment offers no clinically significant benefit in school age children suffering from asthma, according to a study of children who...

Inhaled steroids lower bone mass in female asthmatics - The use of inhaled steroids for long-term treatment of asthma may lead to reduced bone density in premenopausal women.

Hrt: new evidence shows link with endometrial cancer - The safety of unopposed low potency oestrogens, prescribed to treat urogenital symptoms in post menopausal women, is once again being questioned in n...

Mineral salt improves breathing in asthmatics - An intravenous solution of magnesium sulphate may be the best way to treat patients suffering from acute asthma attacks. That's the conclusion of two...

Hrt new evidence of cancer risks - A major re-analysis of the worldwide evidence linking breast cancer with HRT has concluded that the risk of the disease increased in women using HRT a...

Asthma: Alternative Treatments - Alternative treatments for asthma that have been proven to work

Risks of NSAID - * Half of all patients who regularly take an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) could develop gastric problems. Those most at risk are aged...

Social audit's charles medawar, the uk's drugs watchdog, pieces together new evidence demonstrating that the new, so-called safer antidepressants like prozac could be habit-forming. - Over the past 200 years, doctors have prescribed an almost uninterrupted succession of 'addictive' drugs, always in the belief they would not cause de...