High cholesterol - High cholesterol, or hypercholesterinaemia, is conventionally treated with a low-fat diet, and a statin or anion-exchange resin drug. The drugs, howev...

Mental Decline: These over-the-counter remedies could be the unsuspected culprit - Everyday over-the-counter drugs for stomach cramps, ulcers and motion sickness can cause cognitive decline in older patients, researchers have discove...

Beta blockers are no better than a sugar pill - Although beta blockers have been used for over 30 years to treat high blood pressure in elderly people, new analysis has discovered that the drugs are...

Nsaids: not to be used for heart disease - It never rains but it pours and, this time, the deluge in the medical press covers the use of non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NA...

Heart disease - Have you ever wondered why the French are carefree about tobacco smoking and wine consumption? Their diet is high in sugars and fats, and vegetarianis...

High cholesterol: - First up this week is the reader seeking suggestions to bring down her stubbornly high cholesterol level. Lecithin seems to be top of the list of bad-...

Higher oestrogen causes cognitive decline - Assumptions about the protective effect of oestrogen may have been overstated. New information, while far from conclusive, suggests that postmenopaus...

High cholesterol: - It's great to hear that some commercial health products actually do live up to their hype.