Just when you think you know it all about fitness, another trend usually comes along and makes you realise there are infinite ways to get fit and healthy. Some of the latest trends make the most of innovative exercise technology – and some are so simple that you don’t know …
Weight loss surgery isn’t just one type of operation – there are five types of procedure performed in the UK, and some of these are more common than others. Some have a higher risk of side effects and require longer in hospital – others are simply not as effective as …
Weight loss surgery is often in the headlines, with stories about how people lost vast amounts of weight with a gastric bypass, or gastric band. These medical procedures make weight loss surgery look like the panacea for all obesity and on the face of it, the success rate of weight …
Cosmetic surgeons and doctors are always coming up with ever more subtle ways for women and men to enhance what nature gave them – or get rid of it completely in some cases. Obviously, with a basic design that’s been around for millennia, there’s only so much even an experienced …
Sometimes, the only thing that will do when you’re feeling tired and stressed is a session in a spa. But spa days and treatments are well reputed to be an expensive pleasure, so if you’re feeling a little short of cash as well as in need of some serious me-time, …
The latest spa and salon craze to hit the headlines is the quite bizarre sounding fish pedicure, which does, to be fair, exactly what it says on the tin. Instead of having your feet massaged and hard skin removed by a trained therapist, a fish pedicure involves immersing your feet …
Dark lines on the toenails are often seen in the office and asked about by patients. Although most cases of dark nails are benign melanin in the nail root, a small percentage may represent melanoma, a potentially fatal cancer. Pigmentary changes in nail appearance may occur from trauma, inflammatory disease, …