Homeopathy In The News

American researchers are urging men to make themselves more breast aware following a new study that suggests breast cancer is becoming more common in men, and that widespread ignorance of the condition means that they are leaving it too long before seeking help.

The odds of a man developing breast cancer are still small - of the 41,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK last year just 300 were in men - but changes in the breast, skin over the breast or nipple should prompt the same reaction from a man that they do in a woman, and be reported immediately to a doctor.

Doubt over drug

The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has fuelled doubts about the safety of its new blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin (Crestor) by writing to GPs to emphasise the importance of always starting with the lowest dose of the drug to reduce the likelihood of a rare but potentially lethal side effect (a type of muscle inflammation called rhabdomyolysis).

The company is rumoured to have set aside $1 billion to make Crestor one of the biggest-selling drugs in the world, but so far it is attracting the wrong type of publicity, and the letter won’t exactly inspire family doctors with confidence.

Homeopathy hope

Homeopathy could be the answer for the million or so people in the UK whose lives are blighted by fibromyalgia - a poorly understood combination of chronic pain, muscle tenderness, flu-like symptoms and fatigue.

A new study published in the latest edition of the journal Rheumatology found that sufferers given homeopathic remedies had significantly less pain and a better quality of life than those given placebos.

This is the second study to show that homeopathy can help people with fibromyalgia. [Homeopathy in the News]

Posted June 2004 | Permanent Link


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