The sunny side of eggs - American heart disease guru Dr Dean Ornish recently wrote: "Say no to the egg" (New York Times, Sept 15, 1997). ...

Fish oil spells relief for ra sufferers - Omega-3 fatty acids, which are naturally present in marine oils, can effectively relieve the pain and disability associated with rheumatoid arthritis...

Drugs shock: - So it's not just vioxx that may be a problem - Things are seriously unravelling for big pharma at the moment. Within days of Merck withdrawing its painkiller Vioxx, a leading Food and Drug Adminis...

New drugs - New profits for old product - Most new drugs are simply old drugs with a bit of window dressing to justify double the price tag. Yet, the dangers multiply from these novel twists a...

Painful hands caused by computer games - Children who spend long periods of time at home playing computer games could be in danger of developing hand-arm vibration syndrome (also called vibra...

Say no to new drugs - When your doctor reaches for his prescription pad, possibly the most important question you can ask is the age of the drug he’s about to prescribe you...

A sign of toxic times - Eczema sufferers - with their telltale angry-looking, scaly skin - are a familiar sight these days although, just a few decades ago, they would have b...

Epilepsy: link with video games - About 50 cases of epileptic seizures caused by video games have been reported around the world. About two thirds of those were first attacks. ...