Threadworms are very common. Nearly half of all children under the age of ten and many adults have threadworms at some time often without realising as the infection usually causes no symptoms ...

Prescriptions for a range of ‘over the counter’ remedies are no longer available on the NHS after a crackdown in recent years on unnecessary spending by the service on common ailments. Cough syrup, ...

IT turns out there’s more to your bum than meets the eye – and we’re not just talking about those backsides hitting the ...

Threadworms get into the body through the skin from contaminated soil, but their eggs hatch in the intestine. If you find yourself repeatedly getting infections with soil-based intestinal worms, there ...

The NHS is no longer routinely prescribing products to treat a range of common conditions after a crackdown on prescriptions ...

Cough syrup, paracetamol, eye drops and sun cream are among the products which are no longer routinely being prescribed by ...

People have been warned that their health condition may no longer be treated via an NHS prescription due to changes. In an ...

Certain remedies can be more economically bought over the counter than through NHS prescriptions. Figures from NHS England ...