Reducing cholesterol; liquid after exercise; ear implants and meningit - * Diet as good as drugs for reducing cholesterol The Food and Drug Administration, the American drugs regulator, has admitted that plant sterols in o...

Meningitis: Hearing implant is a major cause - The cochlear implant is a special type of hearing aid that allows the profoundly deaf to function in the world – but it also causes meningitis, it’s s...

Antibiotics cause childhood deafness - Uncontrolled use of antibiotics in the developing world has sparked a serious health crisis where children are losing their hearing. Up to two thirds...

Hearing implants: they can cause meningitis - Children who have cochlear implants a device that is surgically implanted to help the hearing of profoundly deaf people run a risk of contracting...

Meniere's syndrome - This puzzling syndrome of the inner ear causes recurrent attacks of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, involuntary eye movements, ringing in the ears and slow...

Meningitis is now an adult disease - Five years after the Haemophilus influenzae type b (or Hib) jab was introduced as routine for US children, researchers are finding that, while the inc...

Meningitis - Early signs to look out for - Meningitis can be a deadly disease, and the chances of recovery are greater the sooner it’s detected. Sadly, most parents know only the tell-tale symp...

Meningitis c vaccine every child a guinea pig - The British government has rushed through a new vaccine for meningitis C and plans to offer it to every child and college student. There's not much we...