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Most women have a lump in their breast at some stage in their lives, particularly before the menstruation period, when normal breast tissue, under the influence of hormones, is more likely to become prominent and lumpy.

The Oxford dictionary defines parasites as an animal or plant which lives inside or upon living ‘hosts’. They come in many forms of worms such as pinworms or threadworms, to tiny unseen microscopic parasites.

Two and a half years ago, when my son was seven months old, I was introduced to acupuncture, which was the best thing that could have happened to our, then, struggling family. Until that day, I had always relied on our doctor and drugs for any condition or ailment that came our way.

Research published in the on-line edition of International Journal of Cancer suggests French fries to be linked to a higher risk of breast cancer.

From 1 July 2005, the term ‘medical misadventure’ was replaced by a new category called ‘treatment injury’ for medical misadventure claims lodged with ACC.

That fluttering, hammering, erratic heartbeat that appears occasionally, that can take your breath away. In many cases, this erratic heart flutter mostly occurs at night while you’re lying down resting.

Many years ago, people thought the world was flat because that was what they saw around them. In the same way, when people witness muscle testing for the first time and they are uncertain how it works, they might judge it as ‘weird’.

San Francisco, California. Many studies have shown that nearly all peptic ulcers (duodenal and gastric) are caused by an infection with the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria unless they are due to the over use of aspirin, or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Dr. Cutress, Director of Dental Research for the Wellington School of Medicine was asked in 1995 by Hon Jenny Shipley, the then Minister of Health, to investigate recent research on amalgam used in dental fillings, and to invite me, Dr Godfrey, to contribute to the investigation.