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Homeopathic remedies – Colic

For babies, tablets should be crushed between two clean teaspoons and dissolved in 2fl oz of warm water, giving a teaspoon full as a dose. For young children, the tablets should be given crushed. Chamomilla is available in drop form. Sharp abdominal pain which can cause babies great distress. In breast-fed babies, colic can be…

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Flowers in herbal tea - homeopathy vs immunisation

Homeopathic remedies – Chicken Pox

For babies, tablets should be crushed between two clean teaspoons and dissolved in 2fl oz of warm water, giving a teaspoon full as a dose. For young children, the tablets should be given crushed. Chamomilla is available in drop form. Infectious viral disease characterised by fever and a rash. Remedies to be taken every two…

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Flowers in herbal tea - homeopathy vs immunisation

Homeopathic remedies – Nappy Rash

For babies, tablets should be crushed between two clean teaspoons and dissolved in 2fl oz of  warm water, giving a teaspoon full as a dose. For young children, the tablets should be given crushed. Chamomilla is available in drop form. Usually caused by ammonia in the urine and faeces reacting with the skin. Buttocks, thighs…

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Professor Martin Widschwendter

Expert talks about ovarian cancer

Professor Martin Widschwendter of the Department of Women’s Cancer at UCL comments on Chris’s story.  “Chris’s story is typical of many patients’ experiences with ovarian cancer diagnosis.  Ovarian cancer does not present with highly specific symptoms and can be difficult to distinguish from other more common benign conditions especially in the early stage.  In Chris’s…

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Glass rash test for meningitis

How to recognise the signs of meningitis

Have you ever had a meningitis scare? According to our recent research*, six out of 10 parents wouldn’t feel confident about recognising the signs of meningitis. Although 3,000 people in the UK are affected by all types of bacterial meningitis each year, it is children and babies under 5-years-old are most at risk because they…

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Baby Bronchiolitis

Baby Bronchiolitis awareness campaign for parents

UK’s first national bronchiolitis awareness campaign launched with parent-friendly website…

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Teething symptoms

In most cases, teething causes no trouble at all. Any symptoms your baby does have are more likely to result from the eruption of the larger molar teeth. Your baby may have one or more of the following symptoms: A barely noticeable rise in temperature may occur immediately before a tooth erupts. Any feverishness will…

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Children catch 8 colds or more a year

Your child will catch an average of 8 or more colds

Each year children catch an average of eight or more colds1, and as there are hundreds of different cold viruses around your little one’s are bound to catch one. Coughs and colds often come hand in hand, as coughs can develop from a cold when mucus trickles down the back of the throat causing irritation and…

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Childhood liver disease

When Sharon McBride’s baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a form of liver disease, she was stunned to discover that there is very little awareness of the disease, which is in fact more common than childhood leukaemia. Every day in the UK at least two children are diagnosed with liver disease, a condition which is always lifelong and often…

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Illness diagnosis chart : no fever, no rash

your child does not have a fever or a rash but is unwell

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