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  Men now represent half of all fertility cases in clinics and requests for sperm tests at home have increased. A study in 2017 found that the percentage of men needing fertility treatment has almost doubled in the past decade from 12.4% to 21.3%. There are many reasons why male infertility could be on the […]

Is it time to help your pet lose weight and improve its health? This August, we celebrate International Cat Day and Dog Appreciation Day. We are indeed a nation of pet lovers. In fact, half of all adults in the UK own a pet, which equates to roughly 10.9 million pet cats and 9.9 million pet […]

It’s World Breastfeeding Week from the 1-7 August 2020 and on behalf of the team at Home Health, we’d like to help raise awareness with UNICEF who are calling on governments to support women’s access to help with breastfeeding. Breastfeeding delivers countless benefits to a baby, but it isn’t always easy, and mothers need support […]

What is Oral Mucositis? Oral mucositis is the inflammation of the mouth or your gut causing it to be sore and inflamed. What causes Oral Mucositis? Mucositis is usually a side effect to cancer therapy, it develops when cancer treatment which is killing cancer cells also kills the healthy cells, leading to sores and infection. […]

After a second man has been cured of HIV, is there hope for a cure? A second man from London has become the second person ever to be cured of HIV. HIV affects close to 37 million people worldwide and has killed 35 million people worldwide since the pandemic began in the 80’s. The male who […]

Anyone who takes opioids legally or illegally is at risk of developing opioid addiction. Opioids trigger the release of endorphins making you feel extreme pleasure. When the drug wears off you may find you want those good feelings back. Opioid addiction in the USA is at crisis levels, Donald Trump has called the problem a […]

Erectile Dysfunction (OTC) Over the Counter A decision by the MHRA (Medical Healthcare Regulatory Agency) to allow men over 18 to purchase Erectile Dysfunction treatment as an over the counter product without the need for a prescription was announced yesterday  (28/11/17).  This means Britain will be the first country to make this change. The MHRA […]

Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes There isn’t a cure for Type 1 diabetes yet so the primary aim of treatment is to keep blood glucose levels as near to normal as possible. The quicker levels are brought under control the better the long-term health prospects. If you have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, you will be […]

Scientists from the John Hopkins University in America have developed a blood test, called CancerSEEK, which can detect 8 types of cancer.  In a study published in the journal Science, 1005 patients with cancer that had not spread were given the blood test, it was able to detect around 70% of the cancers. The test […]

What is Type 1 Diabetes? Diabetes (or diabetes mellitus) has two main types: Type 1 and Type 2. In this section we will be talking about Type 1. For more information on Type 2 diabetes, please click here. Type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin dependent diabetes, develops when the insulin producing cells in the pancreas have been destroyed and the body stops producing […]

News page September 2017 ‘Super Malaria’ Scientists are becoming very concerned about a “super malaria” parasite which is spreading through South East Asia at an alarming rate. The parasite, spread by mosquitoes cannot be killed with any of the current anti-malaria drugs. The strain was first found in Cambodia back in 2007 but has now […]

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have published an update to the Public Health Guideline on type 2 diabetes. In the UK, there are 3.8 million people living with diabetes, the majority of these have type 2 diabetes. If you have type 2 diabetes you are more at risk of cardiovascular disease […]