Leaves are unfurling, flowers are blooming, the grass needs cutting every other day and the skies are thick with pollen. Spring and Summer are a living hell for those who suffer with seasonal allergies. A blocked itchy nose, red irritated eyes, constant sneezing and a blocked and runny nose can make the Summer months a…
Painful Bladder Syndrome And How To Help
Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) or Interstitial Cystitis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the bladder. As a result of repeated irritation, and damage to the epithelial lining, the protective layer of mucous and its soup of ‘good’ bacteria is stripped away leaving the nerves irritated and bladder wall increasingly exposed, red raw and eventually ulcerated…
BABY MAKING
Preparing for pregnancy means eating better for a few months before trying to conceive. An egg takes 150 days to fully mature – which gives you a four month window to make a difference. Even if you only have a few weeks to prepare the sooner you start the better. And it should include both of you….
Making Good Sperm
Unlike a woman’s eggs, which we are born with: sperm are constantly made in a cycle which takes about 80 days. That’s good news because it means the quality of a man’s sperm is constantly shifting and changing and can be improved with good nutrition and other lifestyle changes. How a man eats, exercises, what…
Acupuncture Contributes Substantially to UK healthcare
A major national survey of practitioners of acupuncture in the UK provides an up-to-date overview of the profession and concludes that acupuncture provides a substantial contribution to the country’s healthcare. A team of UK authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of 800 practitioners randomly chosen from the four major national acupuncturists’ professional associations. Of the 330…
Acupuncture Reduces Cost of Back Pain
Patients with low back pain are less likely to visit physicians after receiving acupuncture, leading to reduced healthcare spending. In a case control study carried out in Canada, 201 cases in which low back pain was treated with acupuncture were compared with 804 controls. Each acupuncture group was case matched with four comparison cases based…
Morning Sickness
Morning sickness, fatigue and nausea for most women starts like clockwork at about six and a half weeks into the first trimester and typically lasts until week 12-14. I always warn my patients that symptoms are usually at their worst from 7 weeks to 10 weeks just so they can take each week at a…
