Chronic low back pain: - Considering this is a major health concern among many of us, it is not surprising E-news readers have quite a lot to say about chronic low back pain....

Migraine: get the point? acupuncture works - A leading hospital consultant once challenged an acupuncturist to prove that the body had meridian points and the like If we open up a patient and...

Scientifically proven alternatives to conventional medicine - Inevitably, families on holiday encounter small and large emergencies, and often don't have the health professionals on hand to help. Here's an A to Z...

Eczema: Homeopathy treats it as well as – if not better than – conventional medicine - Homeopathy is just as good as conventional medicine for treating eczema. Classical homeopathy – where the patient receives just one, individual, noso...

Scientifically proven alternatives to conventional medicine - If ever we needed a reliable hangover "cure" it's for this New Year. But is there such a thing in alternative medicine? ...

Doc's veg advice: humble pie - Most doctors hold the view that we can get all the vitamins we need from vegetables, so pooh-poohing the notion of taking supplements. Perhaps influen...

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - At the first sign of back pain . . . - If you have low back pain, instead of rushing to your own doctor, first try the most conservative management you can. Dr William Kirkaldy-Willis, reti...

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - More westerners than ever suffer from low back pain, but conventional treatments-surgery, injections, anaesthesia-often make the problem worse. - At some point in our lives, 80 per cent of all of us living in the West will suffer from disabling low back pain. Every year, 12 million Americans mak...