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Ever been party to one of those conversations about what is the worst pain it is possible to experience? While some might plump for toothache and others for tic douloureux...

Hippocrates called it “the unwalking disease.” It has also been known as “the affliction of kings.” We call it gout, and by any name it is a vexing complaint, first...

We’ve all seen ravens or crows pecking at a bit of roadside carrion, with trucks and cars thundering past only a yard or two away at 100 km per hour....

Imagine that you awoke one morning to find that you had lost your senses of taste and smell. Totally. Everything you put in your mouth suddenly tasted like…well, sawdust. And...

Recently an elderly man came to me complaining that his muscles seemed to be losing strength and endurance well beyond what he expected in the normal process of ageing. He...

Anyone who listens to the radio or reads a newspaper will be aware of the recent flurry of concern about toxins leaching into the human diet from plastic bottles. Given...

Although we don’t normally associate cold sores with any particular season, as we do colds and flu with winter, these annoying and unsightly lesions often appear in late spring and...

The problem with migraine – aside from the pain – is that it’s one of the most elusive conditions that medical practitioners have to deal with. Its cause is unknown,...

Back in the 1970s, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, a professor at Harvard University Medical School, was in the process of writing a book about the dangers of marijuana, when his nine-year-old...

How many people do you know who are constantly popping antacid pills and complaining of indigestion? A good many, I’d guess, and perhaps even you are one of them. Chances...