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9th April, 2007
Statistic of the Week
80% of doctors fail to reveal drug company linksA medical conference on herpes was abandoned after it was... [more]

9th April, 2007
Authors of medical trials hidden
Positive results from medical trials are vital in marketing drugs.  But they have no credibility unless the tria... [more]

9th April, 2007
Doctors get the "Yellow Card"
Pharmaceutical companies have to jump through many hoops in order to get their new drugs approved and to earn th... [more]

9th April, 2007
Anti-hypertensive drugs v high blood pressure
A study carried out at the Rush Medical College in Chicago which re-examined 22 trials involving more than 143 0... [more]

9th April, 2007
Are hospitals dangerous?
A special commission into hospital health and hygiene has reported that “hospitals are as dangerous as mines and... [more]

9th April, 2007
Antibiotic Logic

Doctors know that antibiotics fight bacteri... [more]

9th April, 2007
Radiotherapy Overdose
Radiotherapy is a well known therapy used in around 40% of the 10m people diagnosed worldwide every year, with c... [more]

9th April, 2007
Alzeimer's
A new study on 224 Alzheimer patients concludes that anti-psychotics and sedatives /antidepressants, when taken ... [more]

9th April, 2007
Thank Heaven for Cholesterol
New research reveals that “high cholesterol levels are good for the heart and will help you live longer” has rep... [more]

28th January, 2007
Hysterectomy Procedures Not Always Needed
Apparently, some time in a woman's life, 1 in 4 will suffer heavy menstrual bleeding. The Times reported on... [more]

28th January, 2007
Statins may be doing you less good than you think
A new Harvard Study has brought to light, that cholesterol lowering statins have become one of the world's t... [more]

12th March, 2002
Health Recommendations Affected by Industry Ties
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, many doctors involved in sett... [more]

27th February, 2001
Dangers of Sleeping Pills
According to MIND, millions of Britons today are damaging their health through addiction to sleeping pills.<... [more]

30th January, 2001
UK Hospitals in Critical Condition…
NHS Hospitals have been ordered to return to basic standards of hygiene and cleanliness after 1 in 3 failed rece... [more]

30th January, 2001
Conventional Medicine Takes a Fresh View of IBS
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in the U.S believe they have identified the causes of IBS and are wor... [more]

3rd December, 2000
US Hospitals offering Alternative Therapies to all
Hospitals across the United States are integrating conventional and alternative health systems by giving patient... [more]

3rd December, 2000
5000 Die from Hospital Acquired Infections
The House of Commons public accounts committee claims up to 5000 UK patients die every year from infections they... [more]

3rd December, 2000
Alternative Hope in Fight Against MRSA
MRSA ("Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus" is possibly the most virulent form of HAI. The bacte... [more]

10th November, 2000
Antibiotics Drive may have fuelled Throat Disease
An NHS drive to reduce the level of antibiotics prescribed by GPs may be linked with several cases of Lemmiere&#... [more]

10th November, 2000
Lung Cancer Kills More Women than Breast Cancer
During 1999, 12,765 women in the UK died from Lung Cancer. This compares with 12,677 victims of Breast Cancer, t... [more]