Aluminium in the water may cause brain damage - A new retrospective study has shown that exposure to aluminium sulphate via the water supply can cause considerable brain damage. ...

Caffeine: risky during pregnancy - Coffee drinking can damage your baby even before you get pregnant, according to a Canadian study (JAMA, 22-29 December 1993). ...

Problems during pregnancy - There are a number of common conditions that often accompany pregnancy, many of which can be eased using non drug therapies. ...

Acupuncture during pregnancy - If specific restrictions are observed, acupuncture can be an ideal therapeutic tool during pregnancy, labour and after birth. ...

Coffee ok during pregnancy - In the article by Harald Gaier on healthy pregnancies and deliveries (WDDTY, vol 11 no 9), what drew our attention was the reference to coffee and caf...

Radiotherapy for brain tumours may cause brain damage - Although brain cancer has a reputation for being rapidly fatal, roughly half of them are much less virulent, with sufferers living as long as 20 years...

Epilepsy - Q:Despite the fact that doctors have got me diagnosed as epileptic, I know I am not and that the underlying cause of my seizures is anti-convulsants....

Drugs for epilepsy - Q:I first had an epileptic seizure 32 years ago, and for the following 10 years had about two grandmal seizures a year. Following the first episode...