Bowel

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes discusses the diagnosis, causes and treatment of haemorrhoids

YOU FIND PAUL over by the laxatives, and he asks you what you would recommend for piles, which he says have been bothering him for the past four months, since he started a new job that involves heavy lifting

In a world first, New Zealand scientists have shown that vitamin C, in high-dose infusions, infiltrates cancer tumours. Fiona Cassie finds out what this means for the unproven, but popular, complementary therapy  

In a world first, New Zealand scientists have shown that vitamin C, in high-dose infusions, infiltrates cancer tumours. Fiona Cassie finds out what this means for the unproven, but popular, complementary therapy  

Residents of Timaru, and surrounding districts are about to get access to free bowel screening with South Canterbury District Health Board joining the National Bowel Screening Programme