A strange thing has happened. Sex education programmes in schools have concentrated so hard on avoiding pregnancy that they have neglected to mention how to GET pregnant. Consequently girls are leaving school believing fertility lasts till the menopause so many more are … Read More
Carrying extra fat around your waistline cuts your vitamin D levels
A big waistline is a warning for serious medical conditions such as heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes. And here’s a new one. Obese people who carry excess fat around their midriffs have lower vitamin D levels. That’s a quarter of … Read More
Injection could bring hope for migraine sufferers
Migraine headaches are awful. I know. I suffered from them for 40 years. They started when I was 23 and they were no ordinary headaches. As any sufferer knows they’re crushing, excruciating and disabling. It’s not just a headache. A … Read More
How fighting common sexually transmitted infection could save thousands of premature babies a year
No one knows what causes premature births, and it is the biggest killer of babies in the UK with nearly 1,400 dying every year. However, scientists now think infection in pregnant women could increase the risk of a baby being born … Read More
It’s good riddance to breastfeeding bullies with new Royal College of Midwives announcement
At last! Mums are free to feed their babies how they please without fear of criticism. I don’t know which I feel more, anger or relief, at the announcement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that mothers who choose … Read More
The war on drugs is a fight we just can’t win
To my mind, criminalisation of illegal drugs is inhumane and counterproductive. The “war on drugs” hasn’t and doesn’t work. It’s high time we shifted our focus from criminal punishment to public health. If this offends your ideology I should tell you that … Read More
Taking pills for too long is bad for your health and could lead to dementia
As people get older they find themselves prey to the many disorders that come with age. Their stock of drugs expands till they’re taking handfuls of pills every day. This has its own hazards but a new report in the … Read More
Here’s the secret of how you can eat lots – and still lose weight
Is this promise the Holy Grail for dieters? Eat as much as you want and still keep on losing weight? Can you believe it – after all these years of gurus advocating abstinence in some form or another? Leeds University … Read More
Prostate cancer can be spotted with new non-invasive ultrasound test
At last – scientists have created a highly accurate and reliable technique for diagnosing prostate cancer. The Dundee University-based team says it has used a kind of ultrasound called “shear wave elastography” (SWE) to detect prostate tumours accurately. The method is … Read More
At last, GPs have been given guidance about Lyme disease
This is a subject I’ve written about several times over the years. I know it well because my sister and a female friend suffered nasty bouts of it. Lyme disease can be a horrible bacterial condition, contracted from a tick bite, … Read More
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