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Womanhood in fast forward

Normal menopause, even with its roller coaster of hot flushes and erratic periods, is a natural stage in a woman's growth. But for the prematurely menopausal woman, there is a sense that, somehow ... more »

Warding off the rays

The prime minister's wife Cherie Blair's recent appearance with a "bioelectric" device to help protect herself from harmful electromagnetic radiation (EMR) has thrust the issue of EMR hazards and ... more »

Vitamin c: carcinogen or cure all?

Is vitamin C one of the best cancer fighters and antioxidants known to man or does it actually cause cancer at relatively high doses, as a recent study suggests? ... more »

In praise of animal fats

Many popular diet and nutrition books create the impression that the body's require ments for the essential nutrient vitamin A can be exclusively met with plant foods like carrots, squash, green l ... more »

The scandal of the benzo babies

We hear so much about medical blunders that it seems unbelievable that a scandal involving more than one million children in the UK alone has been going on under our very noses since 1960. ... more »

The genetic food fiddlers

We have all become the unknowing guinea pigs of an uncontrolled experiment with the food we eat. Today, through biotechnology, scientists are mixing and matching bits of DNA cutting a gene from on ... more »

Womb with a view

Regular readers may be surprised to see us publish an article from Caroline Richmond, the once avowed scourge of many aspects of alternative medicine and co-founder of Quackbusters. But lately, s ... more »

High fat healing

In the last five years it has become virtual dogma that a low fat diet is a healthy diet. The same people who 20 years ago used to urge us to eat plenty of meat and cheese now encourage us toward ... more »

Vaccines ruined my life

In January 1991 I decided to have a tetanus booster, mainly because I hadn't had one since my school days. (I'm now 43.) I rang the surgery to enquire about having vaccinations carried out, and ma ... more »

Wired for cancer

Both the US and the UK have declared a war on breast cancer, the top killer of women on both sides of the Atlantic. But even though there is much evidence to support it, few advisories on preventi ... more »

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