Despite the controversies swirling around breast cancer treatment, there’s an exciting outlook as the NCI’s Dr. Broder sees it. Researchers are testing new drugs given in new ways. Dr. Larry Norton, director of breast medical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, has tried giving a one-two punch to breast cancer growths. “Conventionally [...]

If the pelvic muscles (rather than the muscle of the bladder itself) are weakened, you can get what we call stress incontinence. Here small amounts of urine come away when you sneeze, cough or laugh. This is much more common in women, whose pelvic muscles can be weakened by difficult childbirths or pelvic surgery. Oestrogen [...]

When you arrive at the hospital, you should report to the main reception desk with your admissions letter. The staff there will check your details and tell you which ward to go to. Once on the ward, the ward clerk will deal with the clerical side of your admission, filling in the necessary forms with [...]