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There’s an old wives’ tale that a woman naturally puts on weight with each baby, maybe as much as one or two stones. So after a few children, women may have gained four or five stones. Every woman puts the … Read More

We know that most obese people are candidates for type 2 diabetes – that’s if they haven’t already got it. What they all have in common is a higher than normal blood sugar and that’s one aspect of diabetes that … Read More

Yes, I know the idea of faecal, (stool) transplants makes you feel squeamish. But while a few years ago only a handful doctors were carrying them out – and then only as a last resort – research has proved they’re … Read More

I never thought I’d return to the scandal of Mr Andrew Wakefield who was struck off the Medical Register for falsifying results claiming the MMR vaccine causes autism. His results were proved false, and his paper in The Lancet was … Read More

One of my sons is an expectant father and he is in the throes of the nesting syndrome. It’s as though he is the first man to be having a baby, so new-fangled is he with his new role. So … Read More

One of my friends has an autistic grandson, and she asked me what was going on in his head when he refused to make eye contact or was so obsessed with a particular toy he couldn’t be distracted from it. … Read More

Research has shown that older people are less likely to complain about pain than younger patients. Many opt to suffer in silence even though the pain can ruin their quality of life. It’s true that we tend to cope better … Read More

For most women having a baby is an exciting prospect, full of joy and happiness. But for some mothers-to-be it’s the opposite. They’re filled with mortal dread of pregnancy and birth. They’re suffering from a true phobia called tocophobia. Such … Read More

What’s common to type 1 and type 2 diabetes is a shortage of insulin, the hormone which directs the body to use sugar efficiently. Without insulin, sugar derails the metabolism and causes many life-threatening conditions such as heart and liver … Read More

When I was a teenager living at home, my mum used to say I worked hard and played hard. I wasn’t sure what she meant. All I knew was I was so keen to join my mates that I’d put … Read More