The COVID-19 Vaccine: Do We Have Enough Glass Vials and Syringes?
The hidden logistics of a COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Vials and stoppers are only trivial if you have them. If you do not have them, they cease to be trivial. A shortage of any one of those will act as a bottleneck.’
The Opioid Crisis: Why Concern over Codeine and Tramadol is Rising
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), there is an underlying pattern of increasing deaths in the UK in which an opioid pain medicine, especially tramadol, is mentioned as present on the death certificate.
A COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. The UK has Bought 4 Vaccines. When will they be Ready?
Governments around the world have pledged billions of dollars for a COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Is Sitting The New Smoking?
‘How could evolution produce an organism that responds so poorly to rest?’ By contrast, bears, bats and a handful of other mammals spend their winters in hibernation, showing no ill effects when they wake up as spring arrives. Why is it different for humans?
Psychobiotics and How our Gut Bacteria Influence our Mental State
Psychobiotics is a rapidly emerging area of research that has begun to reveal a link between how bacteria in our colon can influence our mood.
Oxford Vaccine Phase I & II Trial results and New Inhaled Treatment SNG001
Oxford Vaccine update and results from Phase I & II Trails and a new inhaled nebuliser treatment based on Interferon B.
COVID-19 & Vitamin K Status
A new study in Holland has revealed that poorer outcomes with COVID-19 may be partly associated with vitamin K status.
Spinal Discectomy & Herniated or Prolapsed Discs
Since we offer IDD Therapy as a possible non-invasive conservative alternative to surgery, we have often explained to patients the different surgical options that run alongside.
Laminectomy, Spinal Fusion and Spinal Surgery
This week I am outlining the most common spinal surgery procedures performed in hospitals. These are decompression surgeries (or laminectomies) and spinal fusions.
