20/01/2010 by admin.

A new home testing kit to screen for Chlamydia in women has just launched in the UK. The Viola Chlamydia Health Care Test by Care Diagnostica is a simple, reliable & fast way for women to screen themselves for Chlamydia infection in the comfort of their own homes.

The test result is available within 20 minutes and you do not need to send the sample away to a laboratory.

The Viola chlamydia test is a swab test and is only suitable for use in women.

The Viola test is not suitable for use by pregnant women

Chlamydia is a leading cause on infertility in women

To find out more about home chlamydia testing and the Viola Chlaydia test click here

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24/11/2009 by admin.

Like many others I usually gain some weight over christmas & new year holidays-usually about 7-10 lbs. It can then take me many months to lose the christmas weight !

What can we do to prepare for this and try and keep the gain to a minimum ? Well its about 4 weeks until Christmas so it is worth starting some good habits now in preparation

Here are some quick tips :

1. Leave buying the christmas chocolates until as late as possible. Every year I buy chocolate & biscuits as gifts in November & early December, then I have to buy them again as I have eaten them-lol
2. Make sure you have your 5 portions of different fruit & veg a day. This will help you feel fuller & makes sure you get plenty of vitamins
3. Eat before you go to parties-this will help you to resist snacking on the crisps & snacks
4. Volunteer to drive on a night out-this will mean you can not drink alcohol and you are more likely to stick to healthy options (alcohol definitely weakens ones resistance to temptation)
5. If you are already overweight consider joining a slimming class before Christmas. Many people leave it until the new year which means they overindulge at christmas & have far more weight to lose than if they had joined pre-christmas. The queues to join at slimming classes are huge in the new year-new years resolutions-why wait until the new year ?
6. Avoid shopping for food when you are hungry. The supermarkets are crammed full of chocolates, crisps, snacks & bumper sizes tins of biscuits & sweeets at this time of year and are very difficult to resist when you are hungry.
7. Keep the amount of chocolate you buy for family to a minimum so that you wont be tempted to eat their’s.
8. When at a party or a night out choose long drinks with mixers in tall glasses with plenty of ice-eg gin and slimline tonic, vodka & tonic, white wine & soda, bacardi & diet coke. There are fewer calories in these drinks, and the drink will last longer so you will be less likely over consume
9. Be aware of evening snacking-the long winter night can mean we spend too long in front of the tv & the temptation to snack in the ads can be huge. Think of little jobs you can do in the ads, or if you must snack put a bowl of fruit in your tv room to snack on so at least your snacking is healthy.
10. Get active-when ever you can get outside and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine-wrap up warm and go for a walk. Walking is great exercise and costs nothing to do. All you need is a pair of comfortable sturdy & ideally waterproof shoes & away you go.
11. Consider taking up a new hobby in the evenings that gets you out of the house at least once a week
12. Try some new recipes-winter is a great time to get out your slow cooker & russle up a casserole or a heart warming soup

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07/10/2009 by admin.

The Clamelle home chlamydia screening test is a very useful addition to the home health testing armoury. The Clamelle kit contains everything required to screen for Chlamydia discretely at home

It enables you to screen yourself for Chlamydia using a simple urine test. It has proved highly accurate in clinical trials and is proving very popular.

The test involves taking a urine sample at home, and sending it off to the laboratory for testing. The results are then posted back to you by the lab in less than 7 days.

Currently this service is only offered to UK residents. 

The results of the test are completely confidential.

Many cases of Chlamydia are completely asymptomatic, and so this home testing kit allows individuals to screen themselves.

Click here to buy Clamelle Home Chlamydia Test Kit

Click here to visit manufacturers website for more info

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05/10/2009 by admin.

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01/10/2009 by admin.

The most commonly used home fertility tests are the home male fertility test and the female FSH test

Both of these test have now been available for several years oin the UK and are proving reliable and helpful.

As a general guideline most GP’s will not refer a couple for further investigations until the couple have been trying to conceive without success for at least 12 months if the women is under 35 years of age, and 6 months if she is over 35 years of age.

This time can seem an eternity to the couple and so many like to do home fertility tests. If the test picks up a fertility problem in either partner it can help speed up the diagnosis and referrral for the couple. If the tests are normal it can help to allay fears and worries and reduce stress.

Click here to visit Access Diagnostics Fertility Test Website

Click here for more information on home male fertility tests

Click here for more information on female FSH fertility tests

For more information about fertility related issues visit our fertility blog

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16/09/2009 by admin.

Did you know your choice of lubricant while trying to conceive may be affecting your chances ?

Most couples are completely unaware of the negative affect that many popular lubricants can have on sperm, by creating a barrier that interferes with conception and in some cases is actually toxic to sperm.

You may be embarking on investigations for fertility, when simply changing to using a fertility lubricant could make all the difference.

Last month a new fertility friendly lubricant for couples trying to conceive was launched in the UK. The new fertility lubricant is called Conceive Plus.

Great News: We now have in the UK a choice of 3 fertility friendly lubricants:  Zestica Fertility, Pre-Seed, and now Conceive Plus

Click here to find out more about fertility lubricants
 

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11/09/2009 by admin.

There has been a lot of talk this week in the press, about a new study, that suggests that when you eat your calories, is of more significance than was previously thought.

It seems, it may not be a simple matter of calories in versus calories out, as we had previosly thought.

Research at the Northwestern University of Illinois on mice found that if the mice where fed at unusual times they put on far more weight than mice fed at the usual times even though the different groups of mice where fed the same amount of calories and exercised similarly.

This research may go some way to explaining, why there is a higher incidence of obesity amongst shift workers. Although other factors may account for this to.

The study was published in the journal Obesity.

Click here to find out more about the finding of the study at BBC online

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13/07/2009 by admin.

Would you like to blog as a guest on our home medical blog ?

Are you working in a field of medicine or in complementary medicine, and would like to share your knowledge and wisdom with our readers ? Would you like to blog as a guest on our home medical blog ?

If the answer is yes please e-mail us or post in comments and we will e-mail you.

Any e-mail address or personal info you leave in comments is kept private

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18/06/2009 by admin.

Here are 10 advanatges :

1. Eliminates ‘white coat hypertension’ (this is the effect where the mere sight of a doctor sends some peoples blood pressure sky high!)
2. You can do it quickly and easily at home, with modern digital blood pressure monitors
3. Saves time & money having to visit the doctor for BP checks
4. You can keep a diary of your blood pressure measurements at home, to show to your doctor next time you visit him
5.  May help to increase the diagnosis of hypertension
6.  Demystifies the process of blood pressure
7. Allows you to feel in control of managing your health
8. Saves the NHS time and money
9. Allows you to monitor how you are responding to dietary changes or medication.
10. Reduces the stress of having to attend your GP, as visits may be required less frequently

Click here to see a range of blood pressure monitors suitable for home use

If you have been diagnosed with hypertension by your doctor or GP make sure you talk to your GP about monitoring your blood pressure at home. You should always follow the advise of your GP as they know your individual medical condition.

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11/05/2009 by admin.

Almost 19,000 people a year in the UK are diagnosed with cancer that could have been prevented if they were a healthy weight, an expert says.

Professor Martin Wiseman said if everyone had a body mass index (BMI) under 25 it would make a big dent in the incidence of cancer.

Cancers of the breast, bowel, kidney, pancreas, oesophagus and womb lining are among those linked to obesity.

Professor Wiseman is an adviser for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

Read full stroy here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8035241.stm

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