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What is long COVID and do you have it?
Around 10% of people have a slow recovery from COVID-19 infection that lasts longer than 3 weeks (UK COVID symptom study). Most people will recover within 12 weeks. People who do not recover within this time-frame may have Long COVID if their symptoms are not explained by another illness. The likelihood of developing long COVID […]
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Does vitamin D protect against COVID-19?
Social media is currently abounds with ‘useful’ information about medication and supplements that will protect you against COVID-19. Much of this is hearsay and downright wishful thinking. Prime example is President Trump taking hydroxychloroquine as preventative medicine. I hope he does not come into any mischief as have so many in recent studies. How about […]
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Should you have a test for coronavirus (COVID-19)?
Among the failures of the UK government in handling the COVID-19 pandemic is the lack of testing. Successful countries starting testing right at the beginning of the crisis in combination with contact tracing. We might have been able to lessen the mountain of deaths had we done the same. Until now, there does not seem […]
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Hay fever is nothing to sneeze at!
Hay fever sufferers may have noticed that 2020 has been a particularly bad year for symptoms. This is certainly the first time that I have actually ‘suffered’. In previous years I have had mild symptoms or none at all. The worsening symptoms are thought to have been caused by the driest May on record. Lockdown […]
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‘Cure’ your high blood pressure
Life expectancy has gradually increased over the past 100 years. In the past, people had generally shorter lives because of a lack of effective medicine and poor sanitation. They often died from infections especially in early childhood. The discovery of antibiotics and use of childhood vaccinations has changed all that. Improved sanitation and waste disposal […]
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Tennis elbow (aka lateral epicondylitis)
What is tennis elbow? Tennis elbow is an odd name to give to a problem which affects mostly people who do not play tennis! It is also called lateral epicondylitis or lateral epicondalgia. The pain from tennis elbow is felt on the outer side of the elbow and the back of the forearm. Sometimes the […]
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BBC Health News
- Covid: Epidemic growing across England, says study June 17, 2021The rollout of jabs to younger people is key to reducing further spread, researchers say.
- Covid: NHS Wales under 'substantial pressure' amid backlog June 17, 2021Monthly waiting times are due to be published amid a growing backlog of patients.