Chronic bronchitis - A reader has recently been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis, an inflammation of the main airways in the lungs that continues for a long period or kee...

Cold - not bugs - leads to high winter death rates - New evidence shows that being cold is responsible for more preventable (excess) deaths than the flu in winter.

Are you suffering from chronic acidosis? - The latest dietary fad to hit the US and the UK involves the acid-alkaline balance of your body and the fact that you need to control a tendency towar...

Bronchitis and emphysema - I suffer from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and hope that someone can help with alternative remedies or suggestions. - AC

Chinese herbs for skin conditions - Q:My niece has a very bad skin condition called pityriasis rubra pilaris. It began with mild eczema on her face and hands and three months later deve...

Case files of young diabetics - Benjamin received 19 courses of antibiotics before being diagnosed as diabetic at age eight. His mother's labour was induced. Eight months after birt...

Vaccine update: hiv, polio, flu - Three vaccines against HIV infection are to be tested on children in the US. Ninety healthy HIV infected children aged between 1 month and 12 years a...

Company for life - Cot death rates in England and Wales are going down. In Avon, which used to report one of the highest levels of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in...