Monthly Archives: April 2011

DISEASES OF THE SKIN: DERMATITIS

This simply means inflammation of the skin and is the term so often applied when it is impossible to be more definite in diagnosis. It goes through many different forms and it is very difficult to describe it in a general way. It may differ on the various areas of the body, and no two [...]

LEARNING MORE ABOUT CONTRACEPTIVE PILL

In Great Britain over 3 million women are now using oral contraceptives, i.e. one in three women of child-bearing age. ‘The pill’ has major advantages in addition to its reliability. It has helped many heavily populated countries to achieve lowest-ever birth rates. Fewer and fewer abortions are being performed. Periods are less often painful. On [...]