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Moob Operations On The Rise by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The number of men across the country having their ‘moobs’ reduced has shot up by 1,000 per cent in the last five years. Men in their forties and fifties, or even older ar ... Read on »

Smoking Ban Creates Drop In Heart Attack Rates by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine It seems the smoking ban that was enforced throughout the UK a few years ago has had unexpected and very positive health effects. Of course the whole point of the ban was to ... Read on »

Recipe Book For Prostate Cancer by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Scientists have developed a cook book to help tackle prostate cancer, entitled the Prostate Care Cookbook. The authors have said it is the first of its kind, with recipes de ... Read on »

Boots Pioneer New Cervical Cancer Vaccine Service by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine It is an issue that has been made extremely current and relevant since Jade Goody’s untimely death from cervical cancer earlier in the year. Now women aged 18 to 54 are bein ... Read on »

Britain Has The Most Micro-Breweries In The World by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Good Beer Guide has announced that Britain leads the way in being the location of the most small breweries of any industrialised nation, with last year seeing the openin ... Read on »

New Hope For Prostate Cancer Vaccine by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A link has been found between a virus common for causing leukaemia in animals and human prostate cancer, meaning the disease could possibly have a viral origin. If this i ... Read on »

Call For Alcohol Liaison Officer In Every NHS Hospital by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A senior emergency consultant has today announced his plea for the NHS to assign an alcohol liaison officer in every A&E department to give support and advice to patients be ... Read on »

Weight Loss Courses For Kids As Young As 4 by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Government certainly are taking childhood obesity pretty seriously – and rightly so as it is an increasingly significant concern with trends of very young overweight chi ... Read on »

Big Thighs? Keep Them - They Could Prevent Heart Disease by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Rejoice all you big-thighed lovelies out there – new research has suggested that those with thinner trunks are at a ‘higher-than-average’ risk of getting heart disease at an ... Read on »

Women Urged To Take Folic Acid As Spina Bifida Cases Increase by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Following a sharp increase in the number of babies being diagnosed with spina bifda, women of child-bearing age are urged to take folic acid supplements - regardless of whet ... Read on »

Premium Tequila Becoming The Brit’s Drink Of Choice by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The word Tequila brings to many people’s mind, bad drinking memories and even worse hangovers. The Mexican national firewater is quintessentially associated very quick inebr ... Read on »

New Breathalyser To Test For Lung Cancer by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine New reports have been released of a breathalyser of the future which could allow patients to be checked for lung cancer, provided a valid concern exits. This new device ... Read on »

English Drink Eight Pints A Day On Holiday by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Holiday makers in England partied hard this summer, as a new Government funded survey reveals average consumption of alcohol totaled eight drinks a day. The report was ca ... Read on »

Ovarian Cancer Not Being Caught Early Enough By GPs by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Thousands of women could experience hold backs in getting their ovarian cancer diagnosed, even after visiting their GP with their symptoms, says new research. Ovaria ... Read on »

Breast Cancer Wonder Drug Could Be Causing Secondary Tumours by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine New research released today has revealed worrying side effects developing from the supposed “gold standard” drug tamoxifen, used to treat breast cancer. The study shows that ... Read on »

How To Deal With A Heat Rash by Nick B. Patient Expert

1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We are all, I’m sure, familiar with that common hot weather complaint, the heat rash - often referred to as prickly heat. Anyone can develop it, but children are significant ... Read on »

New Weight Loss Lip Balm Faces Strong Criticism by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new lip balm that has been created to try and help women lose weight has come under harsh criticism. The people behind Burner Balm - a Los Angeles based company, cla ... Read on »

It’s Official - Popcorn Is Healthy! by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Rejoice all movie-going popcorn loving fans - that sweet or salty snack traditionally associated with being a couch potato is now being hailed as healthy by nutritionists. ... Read on »

Drug Driving Campaign To Launch by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new television campaign will begin tonight to highlight the risks involved with drug driving after concerns are rising over young people who are driving after taking illeg ... Read on »

Genetic Link Found In Leukaemia by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A series of new studies have found a genetic link with leukaemia, with the results showing children with specific gene mutations are more susceptible to the disease. Acut ... Read on »

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