botulinum (Botox®) injections as a treatment for migraine
Migraines occur in 10% of the population and can vary from the occasional throbbing headache to debilitating chronic pain for most of the month. They can be accompanied by nausea, light sensitivity and warning symptoms known as aura. Appropriate management is stepwise and starts with avoiding triggers such as foods (cheese, chocolate, red wine) stress […]
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My Skincare Routine
Since early teenage years I have been an obsessive skincare junkie and have made my fair share of mistakes before I educated myself. My general and specialist training taught me to keep it simple and look for active ingredients with actual evidence behind them. So what have I learnt? Pretty fragrances are frequently irritating. Attacking my skin as if it […]
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Artificial Intelligence are we ready?
I attended a very interesting early morning session involving the “Artificial Intelligence Group” at the 18th Euretina Congress in Vienna on Thursday the 20thSeptember 2018. The title of the symposium was “Innovations in Ophthalmology Spotlight on Artificial intelligence Applications” it was chaired by Tariq Aslam a Consultant from Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. It was […]
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