There is an old adage about laughter being the best medicine. It is quite true. It is impossible to feel stressed when you laugh. Laughter has been shown to be beneficial for our health in a number of ways. When we laugh our physiology literally changes. Our blood...
Heart disease remains a major cause of death yet there is much that you can do to prevent it. By this I don’t mean just taking tablets for cholesterol at a cost of billions of dollars. Some of the things may look obvious, whilst others may surprise you. Here are ten...
February fourth was world cancer day. Since 1971 when then President Nixon declared war on cancer we have seen that despite the spending of billions of dollars, not much headway has been made in reducing the cancer mortality rate. To make real headway we need to turn...
Many people worry about losing their memory, as they get older. No doubt Alzheimer’s disease is more common than in years gone by. This partly reflects people living longer but also reflects how we treat and look after our brains. Whilst there are no cast iron...
The skin is the largest organ in the body – that’s right it is an organ like the liver heart or kidneys. It has a variety of vital functions ranging from helping with temperature regulation to eliminating toxins and, of course keeping our body together. Imagine...
Many people, especially women constantly want to change aspects of their bodies. We see this in the sales made by the diet industry as well as the cosmetic surgery industry. Many people hold to a view that they will be happy when they lose that few extra pounds or...
The world can be a crazy place at times. Never is this more apparent than when it comes to our approach to health. In the last two months we have seen another weight loss medication removed from the market and the FDA knocked back two weight loss drugs under...
It has been said that depression is the epidemic of the 21st century. Certainly the rates of diagnosis have increased over the last 10-15 years. Some claim that this is due to better recognition of the issue and that actual rates are unchanged. Others feel that we are...
There are various estimates as to how much of our brainpower we actually use. Some say 10% others as much as 30%. To be honest no body really knows but we can be certain that we do not use all the capacity that is there partly because we do not even know all the...
Every so often I get an insight into what is wrong with our approach to health. Hardly a day goes by without some expert lamenting the rise in obesity levels and calling for government action usually in the guise of “funding “ for one of their pet projects. The...
