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Homeopathy - Better than drugs for chronic conditions

Homeopathy helps to relieve chronic conditions, a new study has found. Researchers tracked around 6500 patients with chronic health problems for six years, and discovered that homeopathic remedies hel... more »

Heart attack - Find out if you’re at risk

Want to know if you’re at risk from a heart attack? Forget the BMI (body mass index), a measure based on your height and weight and, instead, use your waist-to-hip ratio. Scientists have found that th... more »

Magic bullets - Wonder ‘cures’ that aren’t

So urgent is the desire for a ‘magic-bullet’ drug to counter major diseases such as cancer and heart disease that too many medical trials are ended, usually prematurely, as soon as there is the first... more »

Hip fractures - Cancer treatment is a major cause

Hip and pelvis fractures are a major health worry, especially among older, postmenopausal women. The risk of a fracture rises to 17 per cent in women over the age of 50, and up to 20 per cent of those... more »

Is it safe? - Serious concerns about new diabetes drug

There’s a new group of drugs on the block that’s supposed to be the great hope for treating type 2 diabetes. This family of drugs is known as the ‘peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors’, and its... more »

Heart problems - Diet can do the work of drugs

Heart problems still constitute a major health concern in the West - and almost as worrying are the heart drugs employed for lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol. But even major at-risk groups... more »

Insomnia - Sleeping pills aren’t worth the risk

What’s a good night’s sleep worth? Quite a lot - especially if you rarely get one. And the older you get, the more elusive a full night’s sleep seems to be. Not surprisingly, insomniacs eventually vis... more »

Beta-blockers - more spin means more deaths

If you go to your doctor with high blood pressure, it’s very likely he’ll give you a drug called a beta-blocker. For the past 10 years, it’s been considered the ‘gold-standard treatment’ for high bloo... more »

Catheter use - don’t let facts spoil a cherished procedure

Medicine is more often a belief system than a science, and doctors invariably cling to practices they know and love, irrespective of the data. Take, for instance, the pulmonary-artery catheter, which... more »

Catheter use - don’t let facts spoil a cherished procedure

Medicine is more often a belief system than a science, and doctors invariably cling to practices they know and love, irrespective of the data. Take, for instance, the pulmonary-artery catheter, which... more »

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