They can be purchased in small wholesale volumes through Access Diagnostics Tests wholesale website

If you require home or professional pregnancy tests in larger wholesale volumes the please e-mail trade@adtuk.co.uk or telephone 01623 883 830 for a quote during office hours.

If you require more info on purchasing wholesale pregnancy tests for NHS visit our NHS wholesale pages http://www.valuemed.co.uk/acatalog/NHS_Purchasing.html

The Royal Mail has increased the postal costs for packets & parcels recently and they are due to go up again on 30/4/12. To help ease this we have a low cost 2nd class parcel delivery option at just £1.95, free when you spend over £25 on goods net VAT until the end of April 2012. 1st class UK delivery is just £2.95, also free when you spend over £75 on goods net until end of April 2012.

Use online coupon code save5 to save 5% when you shop at any of our websites this month including www.valuemed.co.uk and www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk

Feel free to pass the coupon on to friends, family , colleagues, chat groups etc. Coupon sp5 is active until end of June 2012 and may be used multiple times. Only one coupon is applied per order.

Open an online account with us 

 You now have the option to open an online account when you place your order at most of our sites. Having an online acccount makes shopping with us quicker and easier.

‘This months special offers’.

Click here to see our current special offers

Click here to see our current special offers on Littmann stethoscopes

Breathalyzer Kits for France

The new french legislation recently passed means that all drivers in France will be required to single use carry breathalyzer kits in their cars from 1st July 2012. This will apply to British drivers travelling in France. If you are on a normal driving license you french limit is 0.05% BAC which is significantly lower than the UK limit of 0.08% BAC.

Click here to see disposable 0.05% BAC breathalyzer kits

Professional Pregnancy Tests

We have an extensive range of high accuracy professional pregnancy tests for clinic, NHS, GP’s and other end users.

Click here to see our range of professional pregnancy tests for clinics, NHS , GP’s etc

Littmann Stethosopes

We have an extensive range of Littmann stethoscopes for sale including the new range of colours, models and finishes.

Click here to see Littmann stethoscope range

If you are a student & would like a discount code for your university or college please send an e-mail to customerservices@accessdiagnostics.co.uk with the name of your college or university and we will set an online discount code up for you and e-mail you the details.

In the meantime you may use discount code save5 which is active until the end of June 2012 and gives a 5% discount on goods.

Mission FOB 50 strip Fecal Occult Blood Strips

CE marked for professional end use, the Mission product packs contain everything required to complete screening on 50 stool samples for the presence of fecal occult blood

Highly accurate, with full professional data and procedure inserts the pack contains 50 extraction tubes and buffer reagent sufficient for the 50 test strips included in the standard pack. The FOB kits do not require any automation or special preparation of the samples, which can be collected in standard universal containers.

FOB test kit packs are suitable for NHS clinic and lab use as well as research and clinical study projects.

All mission products are CE marked for EU import and end use to IVDD standards expected by modern European diagnostic end users within the professional healthcare service.

Today I heard via BBC health the wonderful news that ” Chocolate may help keep people slim”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17511011

On reading the article caution is once again advised-this is not an excuse to go on a chocolate binge. It is probably similar to the benefits from red wine. Small quantities in moderation have health benefits however over indulgence has more negative consequences than positive as chocolate is also high in sugar & fat.

As a chocolate lover myself I have decided to stop depriving myself and to indulge in a small amount of high quality dark cholcolate more frequently. The higher quality darker chocolate such as Green and Blacks contains higher quantities of the antioxidants.

Find out more about chocolate & health research here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14679497

Oops cant believe I just published a post about chocolate immediately after the article on cholesterol tests

Cholesterol is an ever changing component of blood and real time levels are affected by diet to a great degree. Put simply, cholesterol blood levels can be greatly affected by what you have eaten in the last few hours. For this reason all first time cholesterol screening home tests should ideally be done when you have not eaten for the last 8 hrs, ie first thing in the morning before breakfast. This ensures you are measuring the base line or background total cholesterol levels for your body and not just the fat content of the last fatty meal you digested.

If you are testing for the first time and are seeking the re-assurance of a normal cholesterol level, then the simplest and cheapest kits just test for a single total cholesterol level. These kits are easier to complete than the dual measure tests for total and HDL cholesterol levels. These more complex cholesterol tests are better if a raised cholesterol total level has been detected or is suspected, as they differentiate between the good (HDL) and bad total cholesterol, and show what the ratio is at the time of testing. Most first time home cholesterol testers do not need to know this if the total cholesterol level is healthy. The simple total cholesterol test kits available are simple to complete proceedurally by following the user instructions included in the pack, and most people can handle the finger prick to obtain an adequate blood drop sample to complete the total cholesterol test with a clear and accurate result. Talking of accuracy, the manufacturers have to be able to prove that the test gives accurate results in the vast majority of test samples to obtain the CE mark for the test to be sold in Europe. This means if you follow the test instructions you should be able to get a result which is close in accuracy to a laboratory analysed sample result.

If you have detected a raised cholesterol blood level on a home cholesterol test kit using a fasting blood sample then a differential test to split the LDL and HDL levels will help assess the risk factors to health and future action plan. LDL (low density lipoprotein) is the cholesterol which clogs arteries and you want to reduce. HDL (high density) is the good stuff that’s required to build cells and repair the body, you want more of this. Home cholesterol test kits such as the cholestin pack will give a result for both LDL and HDL. these cholesterol home tests are a little more expensive and are more complex to complete but come with good clear instructions and the majority of self testers complet the test with both results obtained reliably. A key tip is to ensure you can use the lancets with confidence to obtain a sufficient blood sample droplet(s) to complet both elements of the test.

For people in treatment for elevated cholesterol levels there are also electronic test monitors which are available with test strips which are read by the monitor to give a digital level. This is cost effective if you are expecting to test regularly, and gets the cost of home testing for cholesterol down to around £5 per test if you allow for depreciation on the electronic monitor.

Click here for more information ot to buy home cholesterol test kits & monitors http://www.valuemed.co.uk/acatalog/Cholesterol_Tests.html

Excess alcohol consumption in this country poses a massive health risk and costs the country in both healthcare consequences and days lost from work, as well as crime and accidents related to alcohol. The increased in problem teenage drinking may also be a consequence of the low alcohol prices and the wide availibility of alcohol.

What I don’t fully understand is why the government did not put up tax on alcohol in the budget yesterday. This would have the effect of putting the prices of alcohol in the shops up, and the money generated through this increased taxation on alcohol would go to help pay off the budget deficit. Would seem to be a win win to me.

The Chlamydia screening programme has been running for several years in the UK and provides free home Chlamydia test kits by post to sexually active under 25 year olds in UK. Home tests for Chlamydia have been available commercially now for several years and have proved effective and reliable.

Chlamydia is a very common sexually transmitted infection affecting about 1 in 12 young people . Chlamydia often causes no symptoms in the early stages and is often transmitted to a sexual partner before the person knows that they are infected. Diagnosis and treatment are fairly easy, and the Chlamydia test can be performed at home using a swab or urine sample.

The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness amongst teenagers and young people about Chlamydia and to increase the uptake of Chlamydia testing & treatment when it is offered to young people. Untreated Chalmydia can have serious health consequences such as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, orchiditis, urethritis etc.

For more info on the Free Chlamydia Test by Post for under 25’s visit http://freetest.me.uk/

If you are not under 25 years of age and would like to get a Chlamydia test by post they can be purchased online here http://www.valuemed.co.uk/acatalog/Chlamydia_Tests.html