Monthly Archives: November 2013
Flabby fellas in rush for testosterone
The Sunday Times 24 November 2013 THOUSANDS of men are receiving testosterone on the NHS to combat the male menopause even though there is little evidence it has any health benefits and may even increase their risk of a heart attack or stroke. In recent years testosterone has been seized upon by overweight, middle-aged males […]
Drug firms look away while my children die
The Sunday Times 17 November 2013 A MOTHER has been told that her three teenage children will die before reaching adulthood — and there is nothing doctors can do to save them. Shekeela Ahmed, 45, a businesswoman, has already lost her eldest daughter, Sonam, 17, to Lafora disease, a rare aggressive form of epilepsy. Her […]