Body scans: a bombshell - Body scans: a bombshell - The latest craze in preventative medicine is a whole-body scan, which subjects you to vast amounts of radiation, with no clear benefit over safer tech...

Body scans: a bombshell - Diti: how does it work? - * An infrared scanner converts the infrared radiation emitted from the skin to electrical impulses that are visualised in colour on a monitor. This ‘t...

Leaking blood vessels: - What can be done to seal leaking blood vessels in the eye Try shark liver oil mentioned by the same person who recommended it for psoriasis Anti...

Treating musculoskeletal injury - A range of alternative treatments can effectively ease pain and speed recovery in active individuals who sustain sprains, strains and even more seriou...

Brittle bones - Some hard truths about preventing bone loss - Osteoporosis, which means ‘porous bones’, describes any condition that reduces bone mass. Symptoms include leg and foot cramps; height loss; lower-bac...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones - How accurate is bone testing? - Currently, most screening systems measure bone mineral density (BMD). Susan Ott, associate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, has w...

Top heart health supplements - Vitamin C maintains healthy blood vessels and prevents fat accumulation (Am J Clin Nutr, 1974; 27: 866-76). Vitamin E protects blood vessels and pr...

Chemical sensitivity - Allergic to the 20th century - "Environmental illness", a every genuine condition with a number of recognizable symptoms, is not as many doctors and vested interests maintain all in...