Low body temperature - This woman has had a low body temperature (ranging from 34.3 to 35.1 degrees C) for a couple of years. She was prescribed Thyroxine for a borderline t...

Lowering body temperature - Body temperature reflects metabolic rate (the amount of food burned per day per unit of body weight). Some advocates of natural life extension believe...

The basal body temperature test - Dr Broda O Barnes, who studied thyroid disease for 35 years, believed that many people have subtle thryoid disorders that don't show up on a blood tes...

The marketing of menopause - Until the 1960s, medicine was not much interested in the menopause. It was something which women patients were told they would simply have to put up w...

E-news broadcast 28 June 2007 No.372 - ADHD It could just be a breathing problem If you know a child with learning difficulties or who s hyperactive the chances are that he or...

Sleep Problems: It’s nothing to do with the menopause, doc - Older women often have difficulties sleeping. Doctors tend to blame this common problem on the menopause – and they are wrong.

Andropause: the male menopause - I am very interested in osteoporosis and the andropause. I read that antiresorptive drugs, such as palmidronate, are actually counter-productive for b...

Insomnia - Insomnia is usually strongly linked to depression. However, an array of conditions can prevent you from drifting off to sleep easily, including tensio...