Keeping Your Weight Stable
Our body functions tend to stay pretty consistent due to the homeostatic process which involves negative feedback loops. For example, if your body temperature is too high, a negative feedback loop will act to bring it back towards normal. So, hunger is another example of a negative feedback loop. When we are hungry our stomachs […]
Corporate and Occupational Healthcare – Why is it important for your business?
Corporate/Occupational health focuses on keeping people well at work both physically and mentally and we understand that your staff are a key asset to your business and essential to productivity and profitability.
Our practice staff have extensive training and expertise in occupational health, and we can provide our corporate clients with a gold standard of treatment which goes above and beyond what is offered in other practises in the area.
Shingrix Vaccine for Shingles and Revaxis Vaccine for Tetanus
Shingrix Vaccine: The Shingrix vaccine is given to prevent shingles (adult chickenpox) which can be severely painful and cause long term complications including blindness. Studies have shown that Shingrix can cut the risk of shingles by more than 97%, compared with 50% for Zostavax, which has been the only offering to all Britons over 70 […]
Flu and Pneumonia Vaccinations
Flu and Pneumonia Vaccinations This is the first winter that seasonal influenza virus will co-circulate alongside the Covid-19 pandemic. Mathematical modelling suggests the winter 2021/2022 influenza season will not only begin earlier than normal, but it could also be 50% larger than typically seen. If you get flu and Covid at the same time you […]
