Travel Vaccinations For Winter Sun Destinations: Your Guide

When the cold and grey British weather sets in, it’s tempting to escape to somewhere warm and sunny. If you are heading to an exotic overseas destination this autumn or winter, planning your health protection is just as important as packing your passport. Travel...

Who Is Eligible To Get The Free NHS Flu Jab This Autumn?

Every year, millions of people in the UK catch influenza, a virus that can cause anything from a few days of discomfort to serious illness and even hospitalisation. The precaution of a simple flu vaccine at your local pharmacy can drastically reduce your risk. But who...

What Are The Yellow Fever Certificate Rules For Travellers?

If you’re planning an overseas trip to a destination such as Africa or Central or South America, you may be aware that you will need a yellow fever vaccination. With travel health advice changing regularly, it’s more important than ever to get up-to-date guidance from...

How Can Your Local Pharmacist Help With Sinus Infections?

As the cold season begins, many people find themselves battling a blocked nose, pressure around the eyes, or a throbbing headache. These can all be signs of sinusitis – an infection or inflammation of the small air-filled spaces behind your forehead, nose and...

How Has Space Medicine Radically Changed Travel Healthcare?

There is a medical understanding of the effects of travelling almost anywhere in the world, and a significant reason why travel health clinics can offer some of the medication, advice and equipment that they can is due at least in part to attempts to travel beyond the...

Do Shingles And Chickenpox Have The Same Cause?

Our bodies are made from multiple complex, interlinking systems, and because of this, the same cause of illness can have very different effects based on your age, genetic factors and medical history. A particularly interesting example of this can be found in the...