Smear tests: expensive errors - Women have had another salutary reminder that, despite what doctors and the government like to pretend, the cervical smear test is a far from foolproo...

Smear tests not saving lives - Although women are pressurized to have a cervical smear test, a major new official study shows it is ineffective. ...

Smear tests: new guidelines - Women whose cervical smears turn up mild abnormalities should not have invasive investigations, according to guidelines recently drawn up by a worksho...

St john's wort is better than drugs, and safer too - The antidepressants have suffered a bad press of late, and no wonder. Some trigger suicide, and others have been behind terrible incidents where pati...

Mrs Ulla Johari (St John's Body Care) - PracticeName St John s Body Care Discipline Acupuncture Address1 24 Crescent Street Address2 Address3 Town Weymouth County Dorse...

Psychiatric labels - Herbal help: a natural approach to mental illness - Herbal remedies are enjoying an increasing popularity as alternatives to conventional drugs for psychiatric conditions. Nevertheless, most of the stud...

Cancer test smeared - A new test for cervical cancer, a supposed improvement over the pap smear tests now used, has shown a high rate of false positives. ...

Cancer: What are the early tell-tale warning signs? - What are some of the early tell-tale signs that you may have cancer? It’s far harder to detect than you might think, and some of the usual suspects –...