This is a collection of articles I have found interesting in the weekly editions of the big five medical journals: NEJM, JAMA, Annals, Lancet and BM...
Books as presents? What a wonderful idea! Easy to shop for, easy to send, easy to keep for yourself if you decide they're too good to give away to you...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterised by symptoms such as abdominal discomfort, bloating, wind and altered bowel habit. In conve...
Probiotics certainly were a health buzzword of 2008. These healthy bacteria can now be found in all sorts of products from dairy products to energy ba...
An article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Zeroing in on Gluten, offers a good basic overview on the subject of celiac disease, the better and more mod...
For many years, the diagnosis of IBS has been a catch-all diagnosis of exclusion and many thought it was nothing more than a psychosomatic illness. Th...