Echinacea: Herbal medicine as part of a winter health strategy: Dr Ross Walton, Immunologist and founder of clinical research company, A-IR reviews the building scientific research for the herb Echinacea and discusses how this easily accessible licensed herbal medicine may play a useful and valid role as part of a winter health strategy. Echinacea purpurea is […]
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The next pandemic? Sleep problems: Ahead of World Sleep Day 2022, Priory experts on what affects quality of sleep – and how to improve your sleep patterns Anxiety is the chief ‘enabler’ of poor quality sleep, even after falling asleep Alcohol is a bad ‘hypnotic’, making a person sleepy but dehydrated, so they wake up earlier […]
Top NHS clinicians demand new ‘addiction levy’ on gambling industry: The most senior NHS clinicians treating gambling addiction today call for the gambling industry to face a new multimillion-pound statutory levy to fund the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm. The call comes from Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, […]
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Compelling new research entitled “Engagement in Surrogacy by Nationality between 2018 and 2020” is being published jointly by Professor Andrea Whittaker, Monash University and Sam Everingham, Founder of the international charity Growing Families highlighting the state of surrogacy in challenging times. As COVID took hold over the past two years there was hesitancy to travel for […]
Immune boost: The benefits of vitamins for your immune system: If you’re one of those people who frequently gets colds or the flu, your immune system may be out of balance. The immune system’s primary role is to fight disease. If we eat badly, are excessively stressed, and never exercise, the immune system can’t hope […]
Most children living in out of home care in Victoria don’t access health services within nationally required timeframes, with urgent action needed to address the significant gaps in the system, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the Children and Youth Services Review, found only one in […]
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Expert insight from leading podiatrist ahead of National Feet Week 2022 (7-13 March): Did you know that a shocking 40% of Brits do not change their socks every day, with 5% admitting they change them less than once a month, a new survey out reveals. Nearly half of Brits don’t change their socks every day, […]
As Endometriosis Awareness Month (March 2022) shines a light globally on the plight of women from puberty to menopause suffering from the condition, consultant rheumatologist Dr Wendy Holden at Sapphire Clinics gives her expert insight into the disease: “In the UK, around 1 in 10 women aged between 25 and 40 are currently living with […]
Gender-affirming hormone therapy could influence the way a person’s genes are turned on or off, according to a new study: The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Clinical Epigenetics, found the hormone therapy could affect certain regions of DNA, the first step in understanding how this therapy may impact the immune […]
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Understanding the link between gut bacteria and the development of early onset colorectal cancer: Researchers at the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research have received funding from Cancer Council New South Wales to better understand the non-genetic causes of early-onset colorectal cancer, presenting screening opportunities for the vulnerable group. Associate Professor Dan Buchanan and his […]
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