Valproate: - It's bad for baby too - Valproate is a powerful anti-epileptic drug. In fact, you could say that it doesn't take prisoners. But now researchers have discovered that it can...

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...

Epilim - The risks - Q I am a healthy 60-year-old man. Some years ago, I had a bout of epileptic seizures when under a lot of stress. I was put on the drug Epilim. I don’t...

Blinded by the light - A leading ophthalmologist charges that with most eye disorders, the drug or surgical "cure" is worse than the disease ... ...

Let there not be light - Each year, thousands of premature babies in intensive care nurseries lose their sight to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disease which damage...

Lasers for other eye conditions - Laser surgery - though not necessarily on the cornea - is used in the treatment of other eye conditions, including: * Longsightedness (hyperopia):

Prevention of farsightedness in the ageing eye - There are two types of farsightedness: hyperopia and presbyopia. Hyperopia, where the eye is shorter than usual, is a condition you’re born with, but...

Sunglasses - Sunglasses The sun finally has its hat on so it might have been this that has prompted a question about sunglasses One reader is concerned that we...