Although diagnosis rates are increasing, there are still many infected individuals who remain undiagnosed, the HPA says. The HPA highlights the importance of coverage of hepatitis C, including GP’s coverage to coincide with World Hepatitis Day.

The report also stresses the role primary care can play in increasing diagnosis rates.

‘It is likely that many prevalent infections exist in individuals who have injected drugs Read more »

Many patients are fearful of taking prescription drugs.

And who can blame them? Drug advertisements prominently communicate a litany of side effects, and news reports routinely proclaim black box warnings and newly discovered complications.

Within this fog of negativity, patients have to realize the benefits of many medications, and this is what the WSJ points out (via the WSJ Health Blog).

Statins are the most obvious Read more »

by A Hannifudin

People are bound to get old, and as we get older each year, signs of aging also begin to show up on our facial skin. Aging became visible through the skin because this is the organ that gets easily affected by the different factors of aging.

If you want to have wrinkle treatment to get rid of those visible wrinkles showing on your face and neck, there are lots of treatments that you can choose from. Among the treatments Read more »