Spingtime means torment for the millions of people who suffer from the symptoms of hayfever. Hayfever medicines and antihistamines can go a long way to stopping the worst of the symptooms but there are other things that can help you to lessen the effects. Lifestyle Hayfever Tips It has been found that high levels of…

What is Travel Sickness? Travel, or motion, sickness is caused by the brain being sent confused messages due to lots of small, repetitive movements.The messages being received from the eyes are telling the brain something different to the information being received from the mechanisms in the inner ear. The most common symptoms on travel sickness…

Travelling between time zones can leave your body’s internal clock a bit desynchronised. This Jet Lag effect can leave you affected both physically and mentally. Sometimes it is better to think ahead and try to get you body clock set into the correct routine for your trip before you even depart for your trip. This…

What Causes Ringworm? Ringworm has absolutely nothing to do with worms. The correct medical term for these infections is tinea. The latin name for the part of the body effected is then used to say where the infection is. For example, tinea pedis affects the feet (and is better known as athlete’s foot), tinea corporis…

It has been a long winter and the recent hot weather has got people excitedly spending more time outside in the sun, but for many instead of a lovely glowing tan, they may be left with an ugly red rash. Rashes can actually be caused by sunlight itself in some people, however there are a…

This morning saw Martin Lewis, of Money Saving Expert, appear on ITVs Lorraine Show to talk about hayfever remedies and tablets. He spoke about 2 main types of hayfever tablets and explained how you could buy the generic versions of the tablets instead of paying over the odds for the branded alternatives. The first tablet…

Insect bites tend to cause one or more red bumps that are itchy and sometimes painful. There is, quite often a small hole in the centre of the bite which can contain a part of the sting left by the insect. Normally insect bites are not dnagerous unless the person who has been bitten has…

There are a number of different types of hayfever remedy including nasal sprays, tablets and eye drops. In this article we are going to tell you all about your options for coping with this hayfever season. However before we start to give you advise about hayfever remedies I think it might be an idea to…

Bad breath will murder your social life, so it’s reasonable for you to want to figure out what may be causing it. Some causes, such as spicy foods, are easy to solve, but others may also indicate something serious. How do I know if I have got bad breath? Well, people can maintain a distance…

1. Sugar Swaps We wouldn’t let our kids eat sugar straight from the sugar bowl. But we tend not to think about the sugar hiding in the other things they eat and drink. The problem is that excess sugar can mean excess energy which in turn can lead to stored fat in the body and…