Then there’s the tale of Saoirse meeting her baby brother, Liam, when he first came home after being born six weeks premature. “He was grand but very small,” recalls Mary. “Saoirse wanted to hold him. I said to her, ‘You’re going to have to be very careful, he’s not a dolly,’ and she turned around… Read More »
As medical science advances, we have more tests and biomarkers available to help identify illnesses. Yet overdiagnosis and overtreatment that may occur following abnormal results can cause dangerous adverse effects and costly consequences. Hypothyroidism — a lower than normal range of thyroid hormones — may be the poster child for this problem because it is… Read More »
A little bone in the knee scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts from Imperial College London. The fabella is found in some people buried in the tendon just behind their knee. Doctors think it is entirely pointless, and you can happily live without it – many… Read More »