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A home test for lactose intolerance, reasonably cheap ?
I have trouble sleeping. Apart from caffeine what else could I omit from my daily intake to help me sleep better?
Have recently been diagnosed with onset of osteo arthrititis in knees & hips.Am 60yrs old and beginning to struggle with some aspects of work (construction). Wondering cycling could be beneficial or...
Recently i have noticed a very strange smell coming from my right armpit. The smell is not the typical smell people would associate with Body Odour! The smell is hard to explain, the only way i can...
Last night I experienced some very odd (for me) symptom approaching bedtime, which worsened once in bed. Restlessness to the extend of agitation and pacing Shortness of breath with shivers and sweats...
Hi there, I scalded myself on my wrist 10 weeks ago and had all the appropriate treatment from the medics. I am glad to say that it is healing well and I have managed to protect if from scratches and...
went this week to see the cardiology consultant and as u know I am terrified of hospitals . My BP was norm but ECG shows irregular heart beat, next step [ no appt yet] to go and have a cannula put in...
My sister is increasingly talking about her late husband, our brother, and our mother. She no longer mentions that she's being robbed. But now carries her purse, building society pass book, and some...
Hi. Sorry to be a bother since we last talked..Re Strokes, but I am now on several tablets to counteract different problems that I may have. My question is how do the tablets when taken together or...
about eating seeds that were good for your stomach, they acted as a cleaner. Forgotten the name, but they looked like bird seed. Any ideas me dears ?
My doctor has prescribed lemon flavoured soluble Adcal-D3 tablets to be taken twice a day. These are free of charge as I am over 65. I hate these and have tried to disguise the taste by adding orange...
I've started with Rosacea . I have been dieting, no drinking for three months. And now have this nasty sore face, with white pustules and red blotches, especially on the morning .. During my dieting...
Can I drink green tea before blood test for lipid profile?
A baby of around 6 - 7 months of age has developed flat head syndrome which is affecting the back of his head. Even his hair is being affected where it has grown quite long at the sides and on the top...
Can anyone help please. Me and my hubby have been trying for a baby since i miscarried last sept with no success until ...I used a pregnancy test yesterday, a day after period was due, and again this...
My MIL has been told by her GP that test strips for her blood sugar monitor are no longer available free on prescription, and will cost her £30 for fifty strips. Can anybody confirm this? She is in...
As more and more of the NHS is privatised in order to channel the extra £8bn promised by Cameron (which inevitably will come from the poor taxpayer) into the coffers of his rich shareholder cronies,...
Last night my friend called to show me a little monitor/box on her side and a blood pressure strap on her arm. She was to carry it for 24 hours and it was doing her head in. She rang me this morning...
Sitting near my husband I hear this gurgling coming from my husbands chest. It does not appear to bother him but I wonder if anyone who knows what I mean and can give me some advice to get rid of it....
I'm falling apart here. my son has always struggled with getting up from the floor, climbing etc - but just thought it was down to him being so tall for his age (4 1/2 years old). Physically and...