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ASPIRIN Not quite the wonder drug after all Aspirin may cause a form of asthma that could affect up to 21 per cent of all those who regularly take it or any other NSAID more »

Not easily through the keyhole

Keyhole surgery, the gee-whiz technology that has transformed surgery, still doesn’t work as well as the old-fashioned conventional surgery for hernia. more »

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Stem-cell therapy: the artery clogger Stem-cell therapy, used to improve cardiac function in heart-attack patients, causes restenosis (narrowing of the arteries) among patients with stents more »

Otitis media - Try osteopathy before grommets

OTITIS MEDIA Try osteopathy before grommets Osteopathy offers a long-term solution to acute otitis media (AOM), a childhood ear infection usually treated with antibiotics. more »

Eat your tomatoes - It might help prevent cancer

A new study has found that lycopene - found in tomatoes - protects against cancer only when the entire fruit is eaten rather than when taken as a dietary supplement. One study found that rats fed on t... more »

Reducing cholesterol; liquid after exercise; ear implants and meningit

* Diet as good as drugs for reducing cholesterol The Food and Drug Administration, the American drugs regulator, has admitted that plant sterols in oils, viscous fibres (oats and barley) and almonds... more »

Can aspirin combat alzheimer’s?; are swimming pools a cause of asthma?

* Can aspirin combat Alzheimer’s?Aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs) may prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a meta-analysis has confirmed. Researchers from the more »

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* Vitamin D prevents osteoporotic fractures New research has found that vitamin D supplementation is the safest and simplest way of preventing fractures due to osteoporosis (brittle bones). more »

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* Stepdown asthma approach worksIn a new study involving 259 asthma sufferers, half carried on taking beclomethasone, an inhaled corticosteroid, at the standard dose of around 800 mcg a day, while the... more »

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* NHS lacks allergy expertiseMore than 80 per cent of respondents to a British survey regard the National Health Service as having 'poor' provisions for treating allergies. Furthermore, the report rev... 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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