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Adult Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
What is Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)? It is a highly contagious, common childhood infection of the mouth, skin of the hands and feet. It occurs worldwide, but in temperate climates, it is more usual in summer and autumn. What Causes HFMD? HFMD is often caused by the group A Coxsackieviruses (particularly A16) […]
Growing Culture Of intravenous Vitamin Infusions – Separating Science From Hype
What is intravenous vitamin therapy? Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that our bodies need in small amounts to work efficiently and sustain life. We cannot make all the vitamins ourselves, and therefore we have to obtain most of them in our diet providing it is healthy and comprised of a wide range of foods. […]
Managing food allergies and food intolerances
Food Allergy and Food Intolerance are very hot topics. These are widely discussed in newspapers, magazines as well as scientific journals. One of the reasons for that is the fact that food allergies and intolerances are on the rise, and we are fairly certain you know someone who has an allergy or intolerance to food, […]
Good Fats, Bad Fats And The Toxic Truth About Sugar
Cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and respiratory disease kill 35 million per year globally. In 2012, the UN advocated a new health goal of reducing avoidable deaths from non-communicable diseases by 25 per cent by 2025. It identified tobacco, alcohol and poor diet as central risk factors. The first two have been regulated by […]
Getting Older – Osteoporosis: Fact or Fiction?
Osteoporosis is one of those disorders which some think is simply an invention of the pharmaceutical industry. Try telling the 65-year-old woman with height loss and a bent back (kyphosis – Fig 1) that it is a problem dreamed up in the Board Rooms of our major drug companies! Osteoporosis is not a manufactured disorder […]
Healthy Anti-ageing Strategies
Have you thought about how you would like to spend the last few decades of your life? Until the arrival of Anti-ageing Medicine, the fate of the ageing was mysterious, uncertain, and often bleak. The future seemed to lie in the hands of unknown forces such as fate, God, environmental factors, and genetics. When questioned, […]
Meningitis Vaccination Update
What is Meningitis Meningitis is the inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. Bacteria or a virus usually causes it, but bacterial meningitis is the most serious type. In the UK and Ireland, meningococcal bacteria (Neisseria Meningitidis) are the commonest cause of meningitis. There are 13 different strains of this bacterium and […]
Prostate Cancer Screening
Since 1999, men around the world have been growing their moustaches in November as part of the annual ‘Movember ‘ charity event to raise awareness of men’s health issues. What is the prostate? The prostate is a walnut shaped gland that sits beneath the bladder and produces semen. The urethra is the tube that carries […]
Breast Cancer Screening
October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month in UK. With increasingly more women enquiring about breast cancer screening, where do doctors stand? Should we or should we not offer early breast cancer screening? Is evidence and assessing the pros and cons of an early mammogram enough to deter a younger woman who wishes to ensure […]
Lactose Intolerance versus Cow’s Milk Allergy in babies
Lactose Intolerance and Cow’s Milk Allergy are often confused, however they are very separate illnesses. Lactose intolerance This is when your baby has difficulty digesting lactose, the natural sugar found in cow’s milk. It is caused by low levels (or complete lack) of the enzyme lactase, which is needed to break down and digest lactose. […]
