Asthma hospital admissions could be prevented with correct inhaler usage
Asthma is a serious, yet sometimes underestimated health problem. Just imagine you are unable to breathe, unable to cry for help, unable to even speak, and paralysed with fear. This is an accurate...
View ArticleQuitting smoking can get the blood flowing into your love life
It has long been said that smoking not only harms a man’s fertility but also effects his ability to achieve and sustain an erection, and the findings from a new study suggest that smoking is indeed...
View ArticleThe five healthy lifestyle rules that could prevent dementia
By adhering to five healthy, positive lifestyle choices, a person stands to slash their risk of developing dementia by around two thirds, according to the findings of a new Welsh study. Lead author...
View ArticleNew cases of cancer now over 14 million
The number of people dying from cancer each year has increased, according to the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The global death toll went up by 8%,...
View ArticleVitamin supplements: Just a dangerous waste of time and money?
Vitamin supplements are a waste of your money, unnecessary, offer very little in the way of health benefits, and could even be harmful, according to a group of scientists in the USA. These damning...
View ArticlePowerful anti-smoking campaign could shock people into quitting smoking
Smokers could be scared into quitting smoking when they catch a glimpse of a new graphic television advert set to be given its debut today. More than 10 million British adults smoke – around 22 per...
View ArticleEating more fibre could ease asthma symptoms
The results from animal studies suggest that asthma treatment may bizzarely come in the form a diet rich in fruit and vegetables. Tests on mice, as reported in the journal Nature Medicine, has found...
View ArticleMigraines to be blasted away with magnetic pulse device
So you are one of the estimated 1 in 4 women and 1 in 12 men in the UK who are suffering with migraines, what do you do? Well this is where Medical Specialists Pharmacy come in and today we … Continue...
View Article‘Tidal wave’ of cancer cases to hit by 2035
A ‘tidal wave’ of cancer cases is expected in the next two decades unless restrictions are implemented, in particularly on alcohol and sugar. This is the claim from World Health Organization (WHO)...
View ArticleSmoking gives Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy lung disease COPD
Leonard Nimoy has revealed he is suffering with lung disease. The 82-year-old shot to fame as Mr Spock in the original Star Trek series (1966-1969), before reprising the character in multiple...
View ArticleMillions more to be prescribed statins to lower cholesterol
New NHS draft guidelines could mean millions more Brits are prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins to stave off heart attacks and strokes. Current recommendations – implemented back in 2005 – mean...
View ArticleNew fathers can also lose their sex drive
Sleepless nights, regular feeds, endless crying…Taking care of a new-born baby can be a stressfully challenging time for any new mother. Therefore, any woman could be forgiven for losing her sex drive...
View ArticleStanford University halts tobacco sales on campus – will UK Universities follow?
One of the world’s leading Universities is leading by example and clamping down on smoking by banning sale of cigarettes in addition to smoking on campus. Stanford University in California’s Bay Area...
View ArticleChinese Aoni condom breaks World Record for its thinness
The quest for a thin condom usually takes men to the Skins range of condoms or the Durex Ultra Thin Feel condom. Not only are thin condoms typically easier to put on, but they are generally preferred...
View ArticleMalaria moving to higher altitudes due to climate change
Rising temperatures and climate change could put people living in the tropics at risk of contracting the mosquito-borne malaria, according to scientists who have spent two decades monitoring the deadly...
View ArticleNo Smoking Day arrives as financial rewards are considered for quitters
No Smoking Day is upon us today as millions of smokers in Britain and indeed around the rest of the world are encouraged to at least give up cigarettes for this one day to help prepare them to give...
View ArticleMultiple sclerosis could be treated with statins, says study
Multiple sclerosis (MS) decline could be slowed down with the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs statins, demonstrating both anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects on the nervous system in...
View ArticleAsthma and premature births down 10% thanks to the smoking ban
The ban of smoking in public places has helped to reduce premature births and severe child childhood asthma attacks by 10%, according to research from Europe and the United States and published in the...
View ArticleAir Pollution, Hay fever and the Treatment
Every year in the UK millions of people experience the discomfort and symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis, better known as hay fever. In fact, health experts say Britain currently has...
View ArticleHow to put the spark back into your sex life!
A new survey into sexual attitudes in The Lancet has confirmed Brits are having 20% less sex than a decade ago, have less sexual partners and spend less time actually engaging in it. Why has this...
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