Lawrence Higgins

Feb 21, 2024 | patient.info | Lawrence Higgins |Krishna Vakharia

Seeing astigmatism on your optical prescription may seem worrying. However, astigmatism is usually easily corrected with glasses, contacts lenses or, sometimes, surgery. Here we look at what it means if you have the condition, and what you can do about it. What is Astigmatism?

Feb 1, 2024 | patient.info | Lawrence Higgins |Krishna Vakharia

Under the new NHS Pharmacy First scheme, you can visit a pharmacist to receive advice and treatment for some simple illnesses, instead of going to see your doctor. Read here about what conditions you can now go directly to your pharmacist about and what you need to do. What is pharmacy first? The new Pharmacy First scheme means you can go and see a pharmacist about several minor illnesses and conditions you would previously have had to see your GP about.

Sep 12, 2023 | patient.info | Lawrence Higgins |Sarah Jarvis

With both flu and COVID-19 posing a risk to our health this winter, it's more important than ever to be able to tell the difference between these viruses. Knowing which illness you're dealing with can help you to protect others and ensure your own recovery. Flu (influenza) and COVID-19 are contagious respiratory illnesses, each caused by different viruses. COVID-19 is a result of a coronavirus infection and flu is from influenza viruses.

Mar 20, 2023 | patient.info | Lawrence Higgins

A healthy vagina is never odour-free. It is completely normal for your vagina to have a natural scent that is individual to you. But there may be reasons why your vagina has a different smell than usual. Here, we consider the reasons why and whether you need to do anything about it. Authored by Lawrence Higgins · Reviewed by Dr Krishna Vakharia22-Mar-23 · 3 mins readThis feature was updated on 20 March 2023. It was orignally written by Dr Anna Cantlay and published on 16 April 2018.