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Home 2018 March

We need to pull the plug on the new trend for ‘raw water’

Are you part of the water ­consciousness movement? The what? OK, I’ll put it ­another way: do you follow the health trend of drinking “raw water”, believing mains water is toxic? If so, be careful. Because while the demand for untreated, … Read More

The power of information – sex education helps cut teen pregnancy

Who says sex education doesn’t work? At last, what I’ve been saying all along – teens are having less sex as risky behaviours such as smoking, using cannabis and drinking decline. In particular, sex among black teens is down. And … Read More

Unhealthy junk food costs more than a balanced, nutritious diet

Eating healthy food is too ­expensive for most families – so goes the received wisdom. But is it? Is it really cheaper to live off takeaways and processed food than to eat a balanced, nutritious diet? According to a report, Cheap … Read More

Fasting presses the body’s reset switch and gets rid of damaged cells

Fasting is something I’m a big fan of. Not going on hunger strike you understand, but building a shortish fast into each day. Or, put another way, incorporating a long period between meals once a day. Another way of thinking … Read More

Never mind saturates it’s sugar we need to worry about as it’s revealed to be more dangerous than people feared

For decades, in terms of heart health, we’ve concentrated on the harm that could be inflicted by saturated animal fat. Sugar wasn’t even considered. We were wrong. When sugar did eventually get a mention it was because it contributed to obesity … Read More

Matchbox that can tell a virus from a bacterial infection and help avoid misdiagnoses

Almost everyone knows if you go along to your doctor with a virus infection you’re not going to come away with ­antibiotics. We don’t treat viruses with antibiotics because they’re ­ineffective. Antibiotics are ­reserved for bacterial infections. But if your … Read More

Genetic testing could save tens of thousands of women from cancer

If every woman over 30 was offered a test for cancer-causing genes, tens of thousands of ovarian and breast cancer cases could be prevented. London researchers have calculated that if less than three-quarters of women took up the £175 test, up to 17,000 … Read More

Why putting on just a few pounds is a real risk to your health

I don’t mean to be alarmist but some new research has revealed the harm that can be done by gaining even a modest amount of weight – say three kilos over your summer holiday or a blow-out over Christmas. I … Read More

Lonely senior citizens helping out young schoolkids is a win-win situation

Here I make no apologies for returning to the subject of how older people can benefit from mixing with schoolchildren. It’s such a great idea and harnesses the energy of five-year-olds to help lonely old folk. Dr David Hinchcliffe, an … Read More

Why you should try and see a doctor the same day if you have a shoulder injury

A friend of mine recently came off his bike and “made a mess of his shoulder”. He was in intense pain and couldn’t raise his arm 90 degrees. He went to A&E where X-rays showed no damage had been done, … Read More

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