medicine: 1/15 of 15
Revealed: the prescription drugs and medications most likely to harm or kill you
Andrew Wasley & Bethany Hubbard
13th March, 2012
Official data suggests antidepressants, antipsychotics, stop smoking drugs, vaccines against swine flu and even paracetamol cause adverse drug reactions. So just how safe are they? Andrew Wasley & Bethany Hubbard report more...
The struggle to save Alaska's 'illness-busting' wild berries
Jessica Wapner
7th September, 2011
Despite being used to treat diabetes and infections, knowledge of Alaska's wild berries is in danger of being lost as young indigenous people embrace western lifestyles. Jessica Wapner reports more...
Popular antibiotic ciprofloxacin linked to UK deaths
Andrew Wasley
23rd May, 2011
Millions of us are successfully treated with ciprofloxacin and other fluoroquinolone antibiotics each year. But for some patients the drugs are linked to severe adverse reactions involving terrifying physical and mental health impacts. Andrew Wasley reports more...
Can the NHS ever be green?
Delny Britton
27th April, 2011
Delny Britton investigates the hidden impacts of western mainstream medicine - including pollution from pharmaceutical products, high carbon emissions and adverse drug reactions - and asks whether the healthcare sector can ever be truly sustainablemore...
Safer Medicines Campaign
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Vets turn to African herbs as animal drugs stop working
Ecologist
19th February, 2010
The west's veterinary drug drive is not working, say animal disease scientists who have started researching the effectiveness of plant-based treatments used in Ethiopia more...
Behind the Label: Calpol
Pat Thomas
29th October
The season of flu (and fear of swine flu) is upon us. But before you reach for this sticky pink cocktail dished out by doctors and parents as a cure-all for children, think again... more...
How to forage a first aid kit
Andy Hamilton
6th October, 2009
Natural remedies don't have to be bought from a shop. Whether for stings, cuts or colds there's likely to be a medicinal plant growing somewhere nearby... more...
Suppression isn't cure
Pat Thomas
1st March, 2007
Our love affair with convenience culture extends to a reliance on convenience ‘cures’ for minor complaints. In the first article of a new series, the Ecologist’s Health Editor Pat Thomas says that self-medication isn’t the same as self-help more...
Behind the label: Lemsip Max Cold & Flu Capsules
Pat Thomas
1st February, 2007
As doctors can tell you, the best remedy for colds and flu is the traditional one: rest, warmth, fluids – and time. Drug manufacturers want you to believe otherwise. But, as Pat Thomas reports, pharmaceutical ‘cures’ may be more than just a waste of money more...
School Uniformity
Rachel Ragg
22nd September, 2006
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs. Rachel Ragg investigates more...Folk remedies against the common cold
The Ecologist
5th November, 2005
Old wives' tales or not they'll help your sneezes more than a trip to the chemist more...
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Seahorses
Davina Langdale
2nd June, 2003
Bizarrely formed and practising one of nature’s most mysterious parenting methods, the seahorse is the victim of an international trade that kills 20 million of them every year. By Davina Langdale more...
Hidden Agenda
The Ecologist
1st June, 2003
If you are one of the many millions of people who rely on vitamins and supplements to maintain their health and conquer illness, it’s time for you to get active. The Ecologist explains why more...
Finding extra lattitude on the topic of cancer
Tina Cooke
14th June, 2000
Despite modern man’s failure to defeat cancer, the established medical approach continues to dismiss alternative therapies. Sufferer Tina Cooke knows why. more...Members
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