Acupuncture 'can treat dental phobia'

People terrified of visiting the dentist can overcome their fear with acupuncture, researchers have claimed.

The findings, in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine, may offer some comfort to the one in five people thought to have dental phobia.

See the article on the BBC News website - here

Homeopathy now available

We are pleased to announce that we now have a homeopath working within the practice.

Lorraine Wallace is a registered member of the Society of Homeopaths and will be offering consultations every Thursday afternoon from 8th April.

You can find out more about Lorraine and homeopathy on our website.

We are delighted to have Lorraine join us and to further extend the range of therapies that we offer.

Hypnotherapy can help irritable bowel syndrome

Greater use of hypnotherapy to ease the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome would help sufferers and might save money, says a gastroenterologist.

Dr Roland Valori, editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, said of the first 100 of his patients treated, symptoms improved significantly for nine in 10.

He said that although previous research has shown hypnotherapy is effective for IBS sufferers, it is not widely used.

This may be because doctors simply do not believe it works.

You can read the article in full on the BBC website here