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News meningitis - Vaccine linked to life-threatening reaction

Menactra, one of the two meningitis vaccines available in the US, may cause Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a serious neurological disorder. more »

News heart caren - Doing less is doing more

A heart patient can look forward to an invasive package of drugs, early coronary angiography and revascularisation. more »

Radiation: it’s worse than you were told

How much radiation can a human being face before it becomes a carcinogen? more »

Q&a tinnitus and syringing - Tinnitus treatments

The idea of a link between inadequate vitamin A and hearing disorders was initially treated with suspicion reflected by its being confined to animal studies and observations But it was resurrected 1... more »

Booster vaccine: one jab too many?

The US drugs regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has approved a new booster shot of the DPT (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus) vaccine, even though it is the vaccine with the most repo... more »

Q&a sebaceous cysts - Getting rid of cysts naturally

sebaceous cysts, epidermoid cysts, skin growths, acupuncture, star points, Vitex agnus castus, expulsion, reabsorption, benzoyl peroxide, herbal poultice, homoeopathy, Silicea, Echinacea more »

Main feature - The new cancer theories

Why do people get cancer? With 500,000 Americans and 100,000 Britons dying of the disease every year, it’s a fair-enough question. Unfortunately, medicine is concerned more with treating it - with an... more »

Femoral fractures: pins better than casts

A recent study has revealed that pins are more effective than casts in healing fractures of the femur in children A group of 101 children aged 4 to 10 years who were admitted to one of four paedia... more »

Radiographs: it’s all in the reading

Medical screening isn t an area of healthcare that covers itself in glory Too many tests come up with false positives and false negatives a recent study has discovered A hundred clinicians in Russ... more »

Drugs drug alerts - Asthma drugs: they are safe, really, aren’t they?

When it comes to drug safety, how safe is safe? Take, for instance, three beta-agonist bronchodilators that have been used by asthma sufferers. One, Serevent (salmeterol xinafoate) was first suspected... more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world: only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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