Fungicides: Sofa causes heart failure, claims UK man - The curse of the Chinese sofa has struck again. After sofas manufactured in China were found to cause dermatitis, one user is also blaming his new so...

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Contact dermatitis - Q I would like your advice for the son of a friend of mine. James, 22, had eczema as a child. His passion in life is motorcycles and, thus, he comes i...

Dermatitis - Q I recently contracted dermatitis, probably as a result of all the painkillers and antibiotics I was given after minor knee surgery. Rashes, irritati...

Damaged lungs: untested treatment - Adults with injured lungs are being subjected to procedures which are largely untested and unproven, according to an editorial in the British Medical...

A better brand of snake oil - Recently, a well known allergist had his hands slapped by the General Medical Council for breaking its rules against advertising. The British Medical...

Contact dermatitis - Q We adopted our Thai daughter Alice when she was 18 months old. At that time, she had gastroenteritis, bronchitis and level-one malnutrition.

A dubious good deed - A story published without fanfare in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal (see facing story, this page) revealed the astonishing statistic t...