Everybody likes a magic pill or, in the case perhaps of GLP-1 inhibitors, and I won’t use any trade names, a magic injection. They have their role. Let’s be very, very upfront. They do have their uses. But, like all medications, there are also potential downsides. As...
Accountability and taking responsibility for actions is one of the, if you like, bedrocks of medical practice, certainly in private practice, and through my own journeys I do at times get asked to give opinions in medical legal matters and also assist sometimes in...
Is the season of Black Friday sales. It’s interesting. Black Friday hails from the USA, the day after Thanksgiving, which we’ve had very recently. And like a lot of American trends, if you like, they do tend to spread around the world. It is interesting....
Let us start with the part we can all agree on – the average weight in most countries has increased over the last 40 years, albeit the number of those with serious weight issues is much less than the numbers quoted. This is because although the Body Mass Index (BMI)...
There is a lot of doom and gloom in health. Whilst the media report on the occasional “breakthrough” or “game changer” medication, which usually isn’t, most of the commentary is downcast. We have epidemics of everything from viruses to obesity to vaping. Each of these...
The term gaslighting is a colloquialism, loosely defined as manipulating someone to make them question their own reality. The term apparently derives from the title of the 1944 film Gaslight, though the term did not gain popular currency in English until the...
