As winter nears so does the peak of the cold and flu season. For pregnant women catching a cold or flu while often already feeling rundown can be extra exhausting. Here are some tips to help you prevent and manage a cold or flu during pregnancy. Do I have a cold or...
Personalised medicine, or pharmacogenomics, means targeting drugs and treatments based on a person’s genetics. This approach has significantly improved outcomes for cancer patients in recent years. Now research is showing that a person’s gut microbiome (the bacteria...
On a recent weekend it was raining so instead of going for a run I used the exercise bike. One bonus (some may disagree) of this is that you can watch TV whilst exercising. Food shows are something that I find fun to watch and Rick Stein is one of my favourite...
A recent TV Program has again raised the issue of a sugar tax. All the usual public health suspects were of course in favour. They also bemoaned the influence of industry whilst complaining that they themselves do not get enough funding and lack clout. It is difficult...
Have you ever wondered why so many people are suffering from anxiety, burnout, depression and other mental health issues? We try so hard to stay on top of things, yet still we feel like we can never get everything done. Other people put their own expectations on us...
With the human body there is a sweet spot for pretty much everything. Our temperature can be a problem if it is too high or too low. Likewise with pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar, and all our hormones to name just a few. Hence it makes sense that with external...
What if your weight gain or weight loss has nothing to do with what you do eat, don’t eat, want to eat, can eat, can’t eat? Or, has everything to do with those things? But these reasons have nothing to do with intent or choice. What if there are many...
There is a great quote by Milton Friedman which says “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results”. The same can be said of medical interventions. We are constantly told of the crisis in mental health and...
When one thinks about sex, it usually centers on men and their behaviors, actions, beliefs, and opinions, but what about women? More specifically, what are some common things most women believe, that are destroying their sexuality? The truth is the media, culture,...
In 2015, I wrote “It is amazing that anyone is left alive and that life expectancy continues to increase. Some 984 substances have been categorized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (a WHO subsidiary), in order of carcinogenicity. Only one was found...
