Chloroquine - A subscriber's fears for her daughter alerted us to chloroquine, which is being prescribed to increasing numbers of travellers who return from further...

Isoniazid - The risk benefit balance is always a delicate one in medicine simply put, are the risks associated with a drug or treatment outweighed by its potentia...

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...

Root canal and sinusitis: - A reader told us last time that she suffers severe pressure headaches from blocked sinuses. She suspects the cause is a root canal filling in an uppe...

Question over drug to prevent tuberculosis - Evidence remains confused as to whether the drug isoniazid, used as a preventative for those at risk of tuberculosis, can cause fatal liver damage. .....

Sinusitis: The doctor gets it wrong in 90 per cent of cases - Doctors are getting it wrong when treating people with sinusitis. Around 90 per cent of sinusitis sufferers in the UK and the US are prescribed an an...

Meningitis vaccine planned despite american failure - The government is planning to introduce a routine vaccine against a common cause of meningitis by l992. ... ...

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...