Ortisan Fruits and Fibre Cubes offer a tasty, convenient way to help you stay regular. Made from natural ingredients including tamarind and figs, Ortisan quickly but softly helps to re-establish the rhythm of your digestive system at times when your routine has been disturbed--for example, when on holiday, or working shifts. Ortisan cubes are completely free of colourings and additives.
To avoid teeth and mouth problems, it is helpful to understand the structure and function of the mouth and know how to keep it healthy. This book aims to give all the information you need to achieve this. It also explains what can go wrong and explains the treatments you may need to solve specific problems.
KEY POINTS OF THE BOOK • Indigestion is extremely common, affecting most people at some time in their life • Symptoms are usually minor and can easily be treated at home • Some symptoms are more important and require evaluation by a doctor • This booklet will help you to treat yourself and also help you decide if it is necessary to see your doctor
In general, discomfort, or a combination of discomfort and cosmetic embarrassment, is the most common reasons for people requesting treatment. Smaller varicose veins can de dealt with by injections (sclerotherapy). Larger ones usually need an operation to remove them for a good long term result. This book explains how varicose veins can cause trouble, and describes the pros and cons of the different kinds of treatment.
The bones, joints and muscles of the body make up the locomotor system, which enables us to move around. All sorts of problems may develop in this system, particularly as we get older. Although only 3 per cent of people under 60 years of age have joint pain or stiffness, the figure rises to almost 50 per cent of people aged over 75
This book explains diseases of the prostate, how they cause problems and what can be done about them.Medical understanding of prostate disorders has advanced enormously, and the options for treatment – from surgery to drugs – have improved dramatically, greatly improving the quality of life of sufferers.
Dr Norman C. Smith has been Consultant Obstetrician with subspecialty expertise in fetal and maternal medicine at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital since 1986. He is a medical graduate from Aberdeen University, training in Aberdeen, Cape Town and Glasgow. He has written extensively on various aspects of pregnancy.
Women’s genital symptoms are often dismissed as having two possible causes: thrush or cystitis. Although these problems are common, they are by no means the only ones to affect this region, and misunderstanding or incorrect treatment can lead to prolonged misery. Even when the diagnosis is correct and the proper treatment is given, it may not be the end of the problem; your symptoms may recur and it is often these recurrences that cause the most trouble
The term 'irritable' is used to describe the reaction of the muscles in the intestine, which respond to stress by abnormal contractions which may result in various combinations of the three main symptoms of IBS: pain, diarrhoea and constipation. There is no test that can show whether or not you have IBS. Nor is there any clear-cut cure for the disorder. However treatment can relieve the symptoms and, with support from your doctor, you can learn to live with it.
Allergy is becoming more common. The number of people affected in the United Kingdom has risen dramatically since the early 1970s and it continues to increase. As many as one in three people in the UK now suffer from a medical problem caused by or associated with allergy.This book explains what happens in the body when an allergy occurs. It also describes the different ways of diagnosing allergy and discusses the different treatments available.
This book helps the reader understand what is happening to them and what treatments are on offer. It is not a therapy book that you can use by itself, but it will be a useful reference before and during the treatment that you receive from your GP, therapist or specialist.
This is the most up-to-date story on our understanding of ADHD and its practical management. The readable reviews would inform most therapists. But most important, Dr. Barkley shows parents the way toward a positive approach to the problem, from which the whole family will find help.
About the Book As you get older, it s natural for your eyesight to deteriorate slightly and for you to need reading spectacles or a stronger sight prescription. However, there are also some specific eye conditions that can affect older people. Cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration are the most common causes of poor vision in the United Kingdom. Each predominantly affects people of middle age and beyond. Many people with visual difficulties in later life are unnecessarily frightened that they are going to undergo progressive visual loss that will curtail their lifestyle or threaten their independence. This book is written to help you understand the causes, symptoms and treatments of these common eye conditions.
In the UK 36 million people in the UK are regular drinkers, 2 million are heavy drinkers and 1 million men and women in Britain have, or have had, a serious drinking problem. This book explains how alcohol can have a variety of harmful as well as pleasant effects.
KEY POINTS OF THE BOOK: We are conditioned from an early age to regard stools as dirty, disgusting and even dangerous, Disorders of the bowel are extremely common: at any moment in time one in five of the population is experiencing bowel discomfort, The food that we eat and the way that we live our lives have enormous effects on our bowels.
Cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration are the most common causes of poor vision in the United Kingdom. Each predominantly affects people of middle age and beyond. Many people with visual difficulties in later life are unnecessarily frightened that they are going to undergo progressive visual loss that will curtail their lifestyle or threaten their independence. This book is written to help you understand the causes, symptoms and treatments of these common eye conditions.
This book is intended not as a substitute for personal medical advice but as a supplement to that advice for the patient who wishes to understand more about his or her condition.Before taking any form of treatment YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.
An invaluable guide for every woman seeking to take charge of her own body at a time of critical change. Many women approaching the ‘change of life’ fear the upsets and disturbances. Others look forward to new-found freedoms. Most women adjust to the menopause easily, but still need to know what is happening and how to cope.Dr Anne MacGregor explains the hormonal changes which cause the menopause and clearly sets out the pros and cons of HRT.
One person in twenty will experience a thyroid problem at some stage. For the sufferer the result can be a bewildering variety of physical and psychological symptoms, from breathlessness to flaky skin, and from weariness to irritability. Fortunately, once thyroid disease has been diagnosed, the chances of successful treatment are high. Modern approaches to management, involving drugs or occasionally surgery, allow most people with thyroid problems to overcome them completely. In clear non-technical language, Dr Toft explains the working of the thyroid, what can go wrong, and how the problems are treated.