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Course of the week – Tattoo Infection Control

If you are working in any aspect of the Tattooists industry or Body Piercing, you will need to have an understanding of many different aspects of infection control to keep you and your clients safe. Blood Bourne Pathogens can be…

Blood pressure: ‘Extraordinary’ number of lives saved

Improved treatment of blood pressure has prevented hundreds of thousands of heart attacks, strokes and deaths in England, say doctors. The team at Imperial College London analysed national health survey data between 1994 and 2011.  Their analysis, published in the Lancet…