Bike Week 2020
Bike Week 2020 will be online from 6 to 14 June 2020. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Cycling UK have realised…
Women’s Health
Indoor cycling can improve fitness for all
Indoor cycling is a group exercise activity which can really help improve aerobic fitness at any level. Many visitors to…
Sing for lung health
People with lung conditions like COPD and asthma are often breathless. Damage to airways and lung tissue means that the…
Fertility – an issue for employers
Employers are becoming more aware about the importance of fertility health to their workforce. There have been some well publicised…
No aluminium, no Alzheimer’s disease
The Emperor is Naked: No aluminium, no Alzheimer’s disease. This is the, perhaps unexpected, conclusion of a new open access paper…
Emergency health surveillance in Uganda
As a public health physician who has previously worked with Medicins Sans Frontieres in Sierra Leone and Turkey, I’ve just…
The expanding scope of botulinum toxin
The scope of therapeutic applications of botulinum toxin has expanded far beyond the treatment of frown lines and crow's feet. Thirty…
Altering meal times to beat jet lag
Altering your meal times could be the key to minimising disruption to the body clock caused by shift work or…
Gluten-free trend on the rise
More people than ever are buying into the gluten-free trend – not necessarily because they are suffering from coeliac disease,…
Diesel fumes trigger nerves in lungs
Diesel fumes, which are a major component of air pollution in European cities, trigger respiratory reflexes which could potentially worsen…