Brian Lockwood

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester

Beer: is it good or bad for your health?

Many claims have been made for the health-giving benefits of beer, but detrimental effects have also been reported. Brian Lockwood, of the University of Manchester School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, examines the evidence.…

Building bones with nutraceuticals

David Appleton and Brian Lockwood discuss bone, osteoporosis and nutraceuticals that can help treat and slow the process of bone depletion.…

1. What is a nutraceutical?

This week we begin a short series of articles which are intended to review the scientific and medical claims relating to nutraceuticals which do not fall into the more well known categories of vitamins, amino acids and herbal remedies. This article, which introduces the series, looks at what defines…