- 14 Nov 2018
‘Urgent’ action is needed to tackle the global misuse of antibiotics, the World Health Organization today warned.
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Your local pharmacist can help you stay healthy
- 12 Nov 2025
As part of the ‘Ask Your Pharmacist Week’, which encourages people to make better use of their local pharmacist – not just for prescriptions, but for advice, support, and everyday health concerns, Faruque Gani, a community pharmacist in London...
Unspoken pain: Why South Asian men struggle to seek help
- 06 Nov 2025
South Asian men are increasingly facing silent battles with their mental health, often shaped by deep-rooted cultural and societal expectations. From a young age, many are taught to be providers, problem-solvers, and emotional anchors; roles...
- 14 Nov 2018
Drinking a cup of tea or eating a handful of berries a day may protect against heart disease, research suggests.
- 14 Nov 2018
Honey has a glowing reputation.
The ABPL group along with Nova IVI fertility clinic in India had hosted an IVF education seminar at Novotel Hotel in Wembley on 2nd November. The main objective of this seminar was to create awareness about IVF among the Asian community and...
- 26 Oct 2018
The flu vaccine is free for at risk groups including pregnant women, children aged 2 and 3 as well as school children in reception to year 5, people under 65 with long-term health conditions and those aged 65 and over.
Superbugs will kill more people than cancer and diabetes combined by 2050 unless something is done to tackle antibiotic resistance, MPs have warned. Despite drives to reduce prescription rates, British doctors are still doling out twice as many...
- 23 Oct 2018
Pharmacists have been told to check whether young children really need EpiPens, which are routinely doled out by the NHS and used by millions of allergy sufferers. Amid a 'critical' global shortage, the NHS has told chemists to ask parents how...
Doctors' use of Caesarean section to deliver babies has nearly doubled in 15 years to reach "alarming" proportions in some countries, a study says.
Children and young people up to 18 should have their weight and body mass index (BMI) recorded every year, says a report by child health experts.
Patients claiming free prescriptions in England face checks before medicine is issued in an effort to stamp out fraud. Prescription fraud currently costs the NHS in England an estimated £256m a year.
