News broke recently that popular antidepressant drug, sertraline, has been linked to two sudden deaths in the UK within the last 12 months, but should you be panicking about your prescriptions? We’ve worked out the odds to put your mind at rest. The facts that we know about both deaths: A 24-year-old male and a 28-year-old female were both...

Pregabalin and Gabapentin – Latest Drugs to be Controlled From April 1st 2019, both pregabalin and gabapentin are set to have stricter regulations and become a category 3 controlled drug. Whilst they'll still be available on prescription to those that need them, moving them to a higher controlled category means that there will be tighter regulations around them. You'll now...

Adult film productions in Europe halted due to HIV-positive rumours HIV test in progress via a finger-prick blood test For most of us, an occupational hazard may be nothing more than moving and handling, or staring at a screen for so long that your eyes go funny. Unfortunately, for many actors across Europe, their occupational hazards include the risk...

Kim Kardashian raised the profile of psoriasis this week in an Instagram story Love her or hate her, Kim Kardashian (one of the most famous women in the world, just in case you’ve been living under a rock since the mid-'00s) has been raising the profile of psoriasis through social media. Kardashian-West was diagnosed with psoriasis in 2011, and...

Can gum disease cause Alzheimer's? One of the latest medical stories to hit the news is the discovery that gum disease and Alzheimer’s could be linked. This may be a little bit of a stretch at the moment, as research into the two conditions is still in its early stages, but scientists think they may have found a strong...

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week                   This week (Jan 21-27,2019) is cervical cancer prevention week, but recent figures show that screening is at a 21-year low in the UK, with almost 1 in 3 women missing, avoiding or delaying their appointment. What causes cervical cancer? Cervical cancer is almost always caused by...

Giving up alcohol is a daunting thought. How many of us are truly comfortable with attending a social event without the aid of booze? We’re all guilty of depending on alcohol to some extent whether that’s to lose our inhibitions and socialise more, or as a stress and anxiety reliever. If you’re alcohol dependent or simply enjoy the occasional tipple...