Steroids for cancer patients - Patients with advanced cancer are being given steroids without monitoring or any clear benefit. ...

Damaged lungs: untested treatment - Adults with injured lungs are being subjected to procedures which are largely untested and unproven, according to an editorial in the British Medical...

Long term tamoxifen of little benefit in breast cancer - Breast cancer patients have nothing to gain from taking tamoxifen for longer than five years, according to a new study. ...

A dubious good deed - A story published without fanfare in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal (see facing story, this page) revealed the astonishing statistic t...

Wrong at a stroke - Buried away in a British Medical Journal column quaintly entitled called "Education & Debate", giving the impression of a nice place for gentlemen to...

A better brand of snake oil - Recently, a well known allergist had his hands slapped by the General Medical Council for breaking its rules against advertising. The British Medical...

Heparin treatment has no benefit - The hospital routine of giving patients the drug heparin as a just in case precaution against fatal pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung) is of...

Breast screening: no benefit - While doctors consider stepping up breast cancer screening, new data has revealed a regularly screened woman who develops cancer is no better off than...