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That special day is approaching and although you may have another 2 months until your due date, your nesting has begun and you're already packing your hospital bag…well it's turning more into a case load now.You're excited and curious to meet that little mover inside of you yet also nervous for the labour, birth and after-birth.Throughout your pregnancy doctors, nurses, husband, mum, mum-in-law, friends, next door neighbours, lady in the supermarket queue and just about anybody have shared their … read more

If one was to ask a selection of females to reflect back to before they started their periods and comment on their expectations on beginning the menstruation cycle, one would be very surprised as to the range of answers they would receive. 'Red letter day' or 'P day' is approached by young girls in a variety of ways. There are those who are fully prepared and excited to enter 'womanhood', others totally ignorant about this day and the future changes of her body and some are nervous about how w … read more

Anyone with Rheumatoid arthritis will agree how painful it can be. For those whose hands and fingers are affected, the smallest things like opening a jar can be painful. Those who have it in their hips or knees can find going on a short walk to the local newsagent very challenging. It can be debilitating and therefore depressing. I'm sure any sufferers who are reading this are nodding their heads in appreciation of these difficulties.It is the inflamed joints, due to the activity between the … read more

It can be alarming and disconcerting to wake up one day and see in the mirror that your face is drooping on one side. You have no idea what's going on so you schedule a doctor's appointment for that morning. Meanwhile you find that when you go to drink your tea it dribbles down your face and there's this pain that's evolved behind your ear.The doctor informs you that you have Bell's Palsy and like many sufferers of this condition, you have no idea how it arose but that your cranial nerve VII h … read more

To people living with a life-threatening disease such as cancer, life becomes precious. Therefore it becomes disheartening and actually erosive to quality of life, when pain becomes a part of each valuable day.Cancer pain can result from the pressure of a tumor on bone, muscle or nerves or as result from radiation or chemotherapy. Treatments such as these can also irritate healthy tissue, causing pain, inflammation and sensitive nerves.Cancer pain can weaken your ability to fight the cancer. … read more