You eat with it, you kiss with it, you smile with it. Hopefully you open it wide on a regular basis when you visit the dentist. But your mouth can face problems beyond your teeth. Mouth ulcers are com

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We’ve all experienced a nagging sore throat that creeps up overnight – the dry scratchiness, the pain when you swallow, the hoarse voice that sounds like you’ve been shouting all night. February is pe

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As a medical student, I had a total of two weeks’ training in dermatology – the specialty for skin diseases. That made it a bit of a shock when I entered general practice, where every other patient se

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