Just what is the real cost of some of the food we’re buying at our supermarkets?
Transporting food over long distances is not environmentally friendly. People are widely aware of this nowadays & many strive to buy locally, or at least from within the UK. Food miles could be significantly cut if we returned to eating [...]
Bernard Matthews Farms are investing £3 million in a new marketing campaign to ‘dispel myths’ shadowing the company.
The UK poultry group will be launching a national press, poster and TV campaign headed by the strapline, ‘Proud to Work at Bernard Matthews Farms’. The message that Bernard Matthews is a trusted brand with a strong farming [...]
A recent joint replacement study conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons has revealed that the latest surgical techniques used for hip or knee replacements have lower success rates than the older methods.
Over 16,000 NHS patients have hip resurfacing or partial knee replacements every year, but one in seventy five will have to undergo a [...]
Canadian researchers have found that anyone taking medication should beware of drinking fruit juice. Apple, Orange and Grapefruit Juice can all have significant effect of the uptake of drugs, lowering or increasing their effectiveness.
While the influence of grapefruit juice is already well known, and some drug labels caution against drinking it with medicines, this [...]
While there are tales of people dying of a broken heart, such sayings have long been relegated to the fantasy bin. However, recent research has shown that there are true connections between depression and heart disease.
Depression was once considered to be only a psychological disorder with no physiological underpinnings. However, it is now known that [...]
Minister’s have caved to public pressure and reversed their decision over rules denying NHS patients the rights to top up their care with treatment paid for privately.
Health secretary Alan Johnson announced a review yesterday of the current policy which requires patients who choose to buy drugs not available on the NHS to pay the whole [...]
British scientists have voiced concerns over “dangerous maverick” doctor, Greeta Shroff who claims to be able to treat incurable conditions from renal failure to cerebral palsy.
The Indian doctor claims to produce and purify stem cells from human embryos and use them on her patients – who include Perry Cross, a 33 year-old Australian campaigner for [...]
Primary school children could be banned from starting school unless they have had the MMR jab.
Under Labour plans, primary schools will have to demand proof from parents that their children have had the triple vaccine before they are allowed to register.
The proposal was drawn up by Mary Creagh, the MP in charge of the party’s [...]
Nowadays, the scenario of modern society one that keeps on struggling to find is equilibrium and wellbeing state when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle. Today, all of us are bombarded with the newer and better products in the market that all are manufactured in order to help us achieving optimum health. But for [...]
Vitamin A is medically known as the ‘retinol’. It is stored in the liver and maintains healthy bones, teeth and especially soft tissues as we have them in our eyes. It also protects mucus membrane that line important organs such as nose, mouth, lungs and throat from various infections. The word ‘retinol’ is given since [...]