Welcome to Health & Fitness. Here you can ask questions about fitness, healthy eating, gym workouts, ailments and other topics relating to physical health. Please read our disclaimer below before you post a question.
Disclaimer: The information provided here should not replace the advice of a medical professional or be used for "definitive" diagnosis. If you are in need of medical attention please contact your GP or out-of-hours doctor, if you need help finding this information, please visit this page
I have googled this but have not come up with a satisfactory answer. What is the difference between a nursing home and a care home? Does anyone have any experience of moving a relative from a care...
I am seeking information from anyone who has had triple by pass surgery at least 10 years ago and how they are now. has their health remained stable, or have further symptoms developed....
Date for surgery finally arrived with overnight bag packed and waiting for my lift to the hospital and I get a call cancelling my surgery due to lack of beds. Knowing they didn't really want to do my...
Morning all - my (adult) son is due to go to the Congo in January - he's skyped me to ask if he was vaccinated against measles and had the polio vaccine as he child. He did and I offered to scan a...
My wife (aged 72) has suffered for 20 years from Type 1 diabetes high blood pressure and high cholesterol She is well controlled and there have been no claims She has recently been diagnosed with...
My wife and myself have been advised by practice nurse that we can now have and injection to prevent shingles as we are now approaching eighty. Has anyone else had this, is it as easy as the flu...
How about harbouring these in your ear ?
https://uk.screen.yahoo.com/shocking-accients-and-weird-medical-stories/young-man-maggots-removed-ear-080503077.html...
I've recently started loosing weight.. But I'm wanting to incorporate some exercise into things. I've decided on a cross trainer as bikes hurt my bum! I'm wanting a decent one.. But I don't want to...
Nothing strange in that, you may think, except less than 2 months ago she had a hip replacement operation. More remarkable than that, she went out running in the days just before she had the op....
Hoping someone can shed a little light on this for me (sqad if he's about maybe) - for the past two evenings I've had a really, really painful ankle bone - little or no swelling, not painful to touch...
After a fungal nail infection, and having tried several over the counter remedies my large toenail finally gave up and gradually went soft and disintegrated and now I don't have one. I am not in any...
I started a Bruce Lee workout routine I found online for strength training. It's at www.workoutlikebrucelee.com. It breaks everything down well, but is his training routine too outdated or will it...
Hi, Patient waiting for a mri, ( which will be sunday) but in the meantime has been sent home with some 60mg codeine tablets, and some ant-sickness tablets. instructions say no more than two codeine...
I took cramp in my leg yesterday which lasted ages and today my foot has had pins and needles on my heal area that has been since this morning and its still there any ideas
Think I've mentioned this before but I did think they may of started to slow by now, my periods are still as regular as clockwork I'm 57 very soon, is this usual or am I going to be the eldest woman...