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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 »

Cancer - radiotherapy causes it, too

Radiation is one of the cornerstones of cancer treatment - but it can also cause cancer, as a new study has found. more »

Chronic pain

Is it caused by vitamin deficiency?Could vitamin deficiency be the cause of chronic pain? One study found that one in seven people from South Asia who are living in the UK suffer from perpetual chroni... more »

Cancer wonder drug kill or cure?

In the clamour to get the new breast-cancer wonder drug Herceptin available on the UK’s National Health Service, everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that it is very dangerous. It causes life-threat... more »

Longevity

Women aren’t living longer than menWomen are no longer enjoying longer lives than men. Their greater longevity is being eroded by adopting a lifestyle that is more like men’s, especially by drinking m... more »

Back pain let your physio do the talking

BACK PAIN Let your physio do the talking It’s now proven that whatever good a physiotherapist can do will be done in the very first visit - and that's likely to be the simple advice to stay active. more »

Colitis aloe vera can ease symptoms

COLITIS Aloe vera can ease symptoms A new study has found that aloe vera may ease the pain of ulcerative colitis. Of 44 patients with mild-to-moderate colitis, half were given 100 mL/day of aloe v... more »

Painkillers - Is it more in the mind?

Scientists testing the effectiveness of paracetamol vs a placebo in people with arthritic knees found a 52 per cent rate of success with both treatments. more »

H. pylori - You can catch it from people, too

Researchers have found that Helicobacter pylori can be caught from someone who has gastroenteritis and not just from infected food. more »

Another link confirmed - Hepatitis b jab causes ms

Harvard researchers have found that the hepatitis B vaccine can cause multiple sclerosis (MS). 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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15:14 | Health Conditions (nickhal)

Re: Lung Cancer

KiwiGal: I'm sorry your friend is in trouble, but I'm just wondering on what scale you rate intelligence: there will be quite a few on this site who would not consider it intelligent to go for... more »

15:13 | Reporting Forums (nickhal)

being horrible

oh, and for being nasty too... Forum: Health Conditions Posted: Nov 3, 10:56 PM [GMT 0] Post Subject: Re: Lung Cancer Post author: KiwiGal I'm sorry your friend is in trouble, but I'm just won... more »

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kiwigal

Can I report this person for being vain and a twat please? Forum: Health Conditions Posted: Nov 20, 11:51 AM [GMT 0] Post Subject: Re: Lung Cancer Post author: KiwiGal To Lewic, Talia, tjmerrett and F... more »

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