Immunological intercourse? - Another puzzling aspect of pre-eclampsia is the role of the father. Pre-eclampsia is more common in first pregnancies. One study showed that as long a...

Hi-tech births: no benefit - Most interventions during labour and birth are either unnecessary or downright harmful to mother and baby, according to a report presented at a recent...

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Barking: Drug companies resort to double-blind placebo boys in suits with violin cases - Is UK Prime Minister Tony Blair still US President Bush’s poodle? We’ll soon find out following intensive lobbying by the White House to grant the Am...

Breast implants: safety row - Ignoring mounting evidence of the dangers of silicon gel breast implants, the American Medical Association has endorsed a report recommending their us...

Cancer : the better alternatives - How the conventional cancer industry suppresses promising alternative cures and where to get information about them. - Last year, the American government's Office of Technology Assessment published a report about the efficacy of alternative treatments. That report was...

No one safe from psyllium? - No one safe from psyllium? The Journal of the American Medical Association reported a case of a woman who developed anaphylactic symptoms (allergic s...

Drugs: Throw them out with the cat litter - We all know prescription drugs are dangerous – so how best to dispose of them when you get them home from the pharmacy? The prestigious Journal of the...