Transient ischaemic attacks - Q I’ve just had what my doctors call a ‘transient ischaemic attack, or TIA. For about 20 minutes, my sight blurred and dimmed, and I lost my hearing a...

Understanding fever - * Fever is a complex physiological reaction to disease involving a cytokine (proteins that either stimulate or inhibit immune-system function) that tr...

Diabetes - It is widely accepted that diet and exercise are beneficial in diabetes (see WDDTY vol 3 no 7). But far less is generally known about the use of more...

The wrong medicines - When prescribing for the elderly, ‘start low and go slow’ is the golden rule. Starting with a third to half the recommended dosage may help eliminate...

TIA: Act quickly, and you can avoid a major stroke - Around 25,000 Britons and 150,000 Americans suffer a mini-stroke, or TIA (transient ischemic attack) every year – and, within a week of the initial at...

Asthma sufferers: heart problems - Asthma sufferers who use beta-agonist inhalers run twice the risk of dying from a heart condition than those using other treatments. ...

Diabetes: regulating your blood sugar naturally - Diabetes mellitus is an old and complex disease. It can strike anyone in any family at any time, though it is most common among affluent Westerners. T...

Could coffee drinking trigger a tia? - In your November issue (WDDTY, vol 12 no 8), you featured a patient - MM - who has been diagnosed with Lyme’s disease and who has suffered TIAs.