Emollients have been part of human life for centuries; records suggest that the ancient Greeks used wool fat to moisturise their skin as early as 700BC1. However, today emollients are much more user-friendly and cosmetically…
Interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic condition characterised by chronic pelvic pain in the absence of a proven urinary tract infection. The symptoms vary on a patient to patient basis but…
With it’s ten-strong lozenge line-up, FISHERMAN’S FRIEND is here to help people, whatever the weather. For years, menthol has been used to keep breath fresh and airwaves clear, making it a must-have to treat colds,…
With a true heritage in the water treatment industry and more than 40 years of experience, Kinetico has used its knowledge and expertise to offer customers a wide range of products that provide different water…
This means eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions to ensure that you get all the nutrients you need, in the right amounts for optimal health and to maintain a healthy body…
We all like to get value for our money. Over the last 15 years, Trauma and Orthopaedics has led the development of outcome databases in medicine and these now encompass almost all joint replacement surgeries…
Dermatology as a speciality has made tremendous strides over the past 70 years of the NHS. Once skin diseases were regarded as chronic and hardly treatable but this has changed with advances in dermatology. Today…
“The added disability from which our health system suffers is the isolation of mental health from the rest of the health services” This doesn’t sound out of place today. Mental health services are still seen…
SANE was founded in 1986 by its Chief Executive, Marjorie Wallace CBE, following her pioneering articles, The Forgotten Illness, in The Times. These exposed the way in which society neglected individuals and families affected by…
In the United Kingdom, about 79% of the prescribing of antibiotics occurs in community and respiratory tract infections account for about 60% of the diagnosis. With many of these respiratory tract infections, the condition is…
