An unrecognised area of our lives, which has a significant impact on our health, is relationships and this includes our relationship with animals. Some innovative children’s hospitals in the USA are allowing visits by pets. The program known as healing paws almost...
There is a lot I could teach my voluptuous black cat – Pash – about health. How important it is to exercise, and why an occasion sabbatical from our comfortable couch to stretch her short legs and go for an even brief walk could make the world of difference to...
I read an interesting article by writer Brendan O’Neill about trust. Essentially he made the point that in the UK, officialdom had fostered a climate of mistrust. “The institutions and organisations which crow most loudly about a crisis of trust are the same...
Everyone in life needs help from time to time. Many people are afraid to ask for help. Some are too proud. Others have had experiences resulting in them placing a negative meaning on asking for help. Because everything in life has a polar opposite, just as many people...
I have a confession to make. I like watching The Jerry Springer show. Not every week but whenever I feel like a laugh or to see how “the other half lives”. It may come as a surprise to many but as a doctor, the tales I hear are less dissimilar to reality TV than you...
