Low back pain is a common ailment that affects millions of individuals each year and is linked to degeneration of the intervertebral discs in the spine.Intervertebral disc degeneration is known to result from an imbalance in anabolic and catabolic activity by disc cells.Due to the avascular nature of the intervertebral disc, oxygen deficiency may o
Objective To compare New Zealand medical grade kanuka honey with topical aciclovir for the Sundries treatment of herpes simplex labialis.Design Prospective parallel randomised controlled open-label superiority trial.Setting 76 community pharmacies across New Zealand between 10 September 2015 and 13 December 2017.Participants 952 adults randomised w
Background Invasive gibel carp, Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) has become well-established in Shirts the Hungarian waters and now are spreading in the European waters.On major concern now is the potential hybridization between gibel carp and the other invasive species in the Carassius auratus complex (CAC), which may further accelerate the spread