No need to suture uncomplicated hand lacerations

Conservative treatment of cin can reduce cancer

A major study involving over 12,000 women has shown that conservative treatment of CIN believed to be a precursor of cervical cancer can dramatically...

Emergency care: - It's so bad that it kills a third of patients

The health service is seriously overstretched. Patients with chronic conditions that require routine care tend to get the worst of it, so perhaps the...

Antibiotics: A danger drug that nobody suspected

The common antibiotic is far more dangerous than we realize. In fact, the drug – often available as an over-the-counter remedy – is responsible for 2...

Emergency or elective

It's one of the peculiar twists of medical language that any unplanned caesarean is referred to as an "emergency", even though the decision to operate...

Chinese herbs for skin conditions

Q:My niece has a very bad skin condition called pityriasis rubra pilaris. It began with mild eczema on her face and hands and three months later deve...

CT scans: The cancer time bomb

This ‘super-x-ray technology’ is responsible for 2 per cent of all cancers