Menstrual mayhem - When "women's troubles" are man made - Doctors have turned period problems into a 'syndrome', requiring an armament of potent drugs, when many symptoms are either normal or the result of nu...

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....

Epilepsy - A large body of opinon believes food allergy underlies the para-epilepsies-narcolepsy and cataplexy-disorders with sudden sleep attacks and sudden mus...

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...

Avoiding seizures naturally - There are alternatives to medication (or surgery) for the treatment of epilepsy. Many of these can be used safely alongside conventional medications.

The link with diet and vaccines - New evidence shows that vaccines, allergies or nutritional deficiencies may bring on epileptic seizures, and certain simple dietary changes may contr...

Memory loss may not be part of menopause - Does menopause make you lose your memory or is this just a myth after all? Tests carried out on 16 young women during their menstrual cycle showed tha...

The epilepsy newcomer - Lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal) is one of the new-generation antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) brought in as an alternative to the traditionally prescribe...