Kicking dirt at small children - If the European Union is the school bully when it comes to terrorising alternative medicine, the British Medicines Control Agency is his scrawny sidek...

Steaming: a simple home remedy that's a hazard for small children - Faced with a child with a bad cough or some congestive condition how many mums have got a bowl of hot water and made their sickly offspring breathe i...

Fluoride : bad for children - India is pressing for a ban on the sale and advertising of fluoridated toothpastes to combat widespread fluorosis, caused by excess fluoride, affectin...

Lead leads to bad boys - Behavioural problems in children such as delinquency, inattention, aggression and antisocial behaviour may be caused by lead poisoning. ...

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...

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...

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...

Smoking mothers have more violent kids - A recent Danish study adds to the growing body of evidence linking maternal smoking with antisocial behaviour in their offspring. ...