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Most of us never think about death until it is upon us. Even then, we can become absorbed by the minutia the funeral arrangements, coffin selection and flowers instead of the bigger picture of how we die. Although death is mostly a family affair, it is increasingly hidden from public view. As people become less […]

The most under diagnosed health problem in the West, parasites may be responsible for a multitude of conditions from joint pain and chronic fatigue to many general disorders of the gut and immune system Few of our doctors in civilised Western nations are trained to recognise the signs of parasitic infestation. Yet parasites do live […]

How often do you think about your kidneys? Probably never. For most of us, the kidneys are yet another set of organs which quietly do their job day after day without incidence. Yet if the kidneys malfunction or fail for any reason, our health is profoundly affected. Kidneys are involved with several vital bodily functions. […]

We, like many of our readers, support the many issues surrounding a vegetarian lifestyle. There are many important health and moral issues here, and there is no doubt that an increasing number of studies being performed prove the extraordinary health supporting nature of plant foods. However, what never gets asked is the simple question: is […]

The climacteric is generally used to describe the 15-year period during which menstruation eventually ceases. Around this fulcrum will be a number of physical and psychological symptoms. In much the same way that there is rarely a precise beginning to menstruation – many young girls have light spotting and erratic bleeding for years – and […]

Laser eye surgery, the so called miracle solution to myopia, has many hidden dangers, including the possibility that it may make your eyesight worse. The advertisements are persuasive. “Do away with glasses forever”; “revolutionary treatment permanently corrects short sightedness”; “experience the life enhancing effect”. To the casual observer, laser surgery has all the hallmarks of […]

Pre-eclampsia is, according to the medical profession, an enigma. It has been known by many different names around the world. It has been called toxaemia, pre-eclamptic toxaemia (PET), pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), hypertensive disease of pregnancy (HDP), metabolic toxaemia of late pregnancy (MTLP) and even gestosis. The overabundance of names should be enough to indicate […]

If you are a man aged between 40 and 59, you have a 50 to 60 per cent chance of having benign enlargement of the prostate gland. Prostate problems – enlargement, infection and cancer – are on the rise. And medicine has not always been able to provide either cure or prevention. There has been […]

Given perfect conditions, human beings are thought to be capable of living a healthy 125 years. Indeed, the oldest recorded human being was a French woman who lived to be 122 years of age (JAMA, 1997; 278: 1345-48). The vast majority of us, however, don’t live that long, and why? is a question which vexes […]

Animal testing doesn’t work. Its results are often inconclusive and cannot be accurately extrapolated to humans. As a result, relying on the results of animal testing can be dangerous to human health. It is a system which is long overdue for a critical review, and yet no such review is on the horizon. In his […]