You know the signs, that tell-tale little tingling sensation that signals you're in for a real treat, a cold sore is on the way. Zovirax and Abreva are widely used as a first line of defence and can be successful at keeping cold sores at bay, but need to be applied at the tingling stage. Not so useful if they appear in the morning as most of mine do. When you wake at night to … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
News goes viral! I’ve popped up in Australia!
Someone told me that I was recently (Autumn 2010) in Australia Woman's Day magazine. Well, I told them they must have the wrong Ruth. I know I'm really famous and all that (Yeah Right!) but that they must be mistaken. Imagine my shock when I found out they were right! Trying to get hold of a copy of the article, but in the meantime, check out this screen shot from A girl … [Read more...]
New guidelines for diagnosing food allergy
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have today published guidelines on diagnosing food allergy in children in a primary care and community setting. These are the first allergy related guidelines to be delivered and they aim to give information to health professionals in primary care on how to suspect and diagnose food allergy and when to refer on to … [Read more...]
Is raw milk better for allergies?
The raw milk debate is raging as we speak and was featured on Radio 4 only last week. Basically raw milk is milk which has not been pasteurised and treated to remove bacteria and increase shelf life; a process which began to become commonplace in the UK after the first world war. On the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme, called, "What is milk?" Sheila Dillon interviewed Professor … [Read more...]
The Regulation of Herbal Medicine – a development…
I received a letter this morning from the Rt Hon. John Bercow MP informing me of a recent update regarding herbal medicine from the Rt Hon Andrew Lansby MP, Secretary of State for Health at the Department of Health. It says, When the European Directive 2004/24/EC takes full effect at the end of April 2011 it will no longer be legal for herbal practitioners in the UK to source … [Read more...]