The NCH CONFERENCE EXTRAVAGANZA 2016 is being held on Saturday, Feb 20th 2016 at The Royal Society of Medicine 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE. Our annual one day event…
The frightening and devastating terrorist attack in Paris has had an affect on people the world over – but those who were there and survived can have emotional scars that…
With around one in 10 UK children in Reception year and a fifth of UK children leaving primary school obese, the Government is hard pushed to find an answer to…
UK government ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, with critics saying it is nothing more than…
‘Love the skin you’re in ‘ is a saying that has become more popular than just a slogan for a soap company; women around the world are adopting this as…
Being popular and successful has become one of the ‘requirements’ of modern living – whether it comes from having a rising career, being a top sport star, having thousands of…
From big bangs and scary masks to huge fake spiders and massive flames, Halloween and Bonfire Night are frightening times for those of us who suffer from a variety of…
When new pharmaceutical drugs are put on trial, they are usually tested against a placebo – some participants are given the real drug and some are given a placebo –…
Almost one in five young people lives with high levels of anxiety, according to figures on wellbeing published by the Office for National Statistics. The study looked at the wellbeing…
While a 20% sugar tax and cutting buy-one-get-one-free deals are part of Public Health England’s ‘key actions’ to tackle people’s addiction to sugar, it appears David Cameron is not in…
While smoking is becoming more and more marginalised, NHS figures show that as many as 70,000 births throughout England are still affected by smoking during pregnancy. While the overall smoking…
With governments around the world looking at imposing taxes on sugary foods, we would do well to remember that many scientists suggest that we are primed to desire sugar at…
Online gaming is becoming an addictive problem and a recent study has shown that children who play video games twice a day are less likely to achieve five good GCSE…
A new study has warned that a third of all men currently under the age of 20 in China will eventually die prematurely if they do not give up smoking….
Life at university, it seems, is not as cool as many students think it might be. And, with record numbers of students beginning university this term, there are warnings of…
Many may envisage the life of a modern touring musician to be that of a glorified jetsetter but the reality is far from idyllic, according to a recent study. Depression,…
There are many ‘treatments’ for women undergoing menopause and a recent report shows that hypnotherapy can be a very effective way to overcome the effects of menopause – better than…
The state of our health in the United Kingdom is not all that good and the recently published Scottish Health Survey for 2014 lends strength to that claim. It shows…
Data from almost six million people adds to the growing evidence that smoking and type 2 diabetes are linked, according to research by an international team of scientists who pulled…
The pressure to respond immediately to texts or posts is causing teenagers to become more anxious and depressed, Scottish researchers have found, blaming this on the 24-hour demands of their…
We eat too much. And reducing the portion sizes offered in supermarkets, restaurants and at home would help reverse the UK’s obesity epidemic, according to researchers in a recent review…