Tag: Health

Health professionals have suggested that school children need to be taught how to wash their hands correctly, in a move to tackle the threat of drug-resistant bacteria. Read the full article Image

The British Skin Foundation is issuing a warning this summer over so-called ‘black henna’ temporary tattoos (BHTTs), after research among dermatologists reveals they are seeing an increase in reactions at their clinics. Parents hoping to treat their children to a temporary tattoo on holiday or at the funfair, along with party-goers at festivals may not…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a video to show just how important touch is to a newborn baby. The first embrace between mother and child is said to ‘provide a healthy start for every newborn baby.’ Watch the video Image

The regulatory framework for health and social care needs radical change. It is out of date, over-complicated and too expensive, the Professional Standards Authority says in Rethinking Regulation published on Thursday. The body, which oversees organisations that regulate health and care professionals in the UK, calls for redesign of regulation in order to deal with…

New Hampshire Magazine (USA) recently featured an article about the benefits of reiki to hospital patients, including babies born to mothers who used drugs while pregnant. Read the article here Image

An open access research article published by the BMJ  examines the associations between consumption of sugar sweetened drinks, artificially sweetened drinks, and fruit juice with type 2 diabetes in the UK and US. Read the full article here Image

July is Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month (EMCAM). EMCAM was set up to raise awareness and provide support for people in the UK affected by cancer who are from ethnic minority communities. Certain types of cancer occur more frequently in particular groups, with African-Caribbean men three times more likely to develop prostate cancer compared to…

An open access article published in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine (July 2015, Volume 25, Issue 4) compares patient-reported and clinical outcomes of patellar tendon, hamstring tendon and double-bundle ACL reconstructions. Full article Image

According to new research by the University of Adelaide in South Australia, St John’s Wort can produce the same adverse reactions as fluoxetine, and serious side effects can occur when the two drugs are taken together. In a study published this month in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, researchers found the adverse reactions were…

Pilates is a popular form of exercise adopted by healthy individuals and also rehabilitation programmes. A systematic review published in Medicine (January 2015, Volume 94, Issue 4) looks at the effectiveness of Pilates on pain and mobility in people with chronic, non-specific low back pain. The full article is currently available via open access. Read…

A recent drug seizure by MHRA sparks further concern that people are willing to put their health at risk, buying potentially untested and unregulated medicines online. The raid saw seizures of a large range of cognitive enhancers including noopept, phenylpiracetam, centrophenoxine, oxiracetam, sunifiram, citicoline and aniracetam, and illustrated the burgeoning demand and variety of new…