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Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin – and at this grey time of year, can be seriously lacking from our bodies. Vitamin D is important for forming and maintaining healthy bones. It is therefore particularly important for anyone growing – for exampl...
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Most stories we hear from day to day about cancer obviously aren’t particularly positive. However, researchers seem intent to change all that - and good on them. Barts and the London NHS Trust and Queen Mary University’s Institute of Cancer...
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You are never too old to change your habits – if you want to! But sometimes we have to get away from our regular situation, in order to achieve a change, or make a new start. It can be easy to get into patterns that we don’t really want, and...
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More Topics | Twitter | RSS Almost a year after Jade Goody’s death are we seeing huge numbers of women attend the GP surgery...
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More Topics | Twitter | RSS It’s official. Massage increases the production of the hormone oxytocin , otherwise known as...
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Are you longing for chocolate, a juicy steak or even curry? These f ood cravings could be your body’s way of sending you...
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The Pill , also called the Combined Pill, combines two female-type hormones, oestrogen and progestogen. These hormones...
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Keep tabs on your bowel cancer risk by taking the following steps Raise awareness Next month sees the launch of a Bowel...
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When we talk of strength training, the typical picture that perhaps comes to mind is one of sweating and straining with...
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More needs to be done to ensure alcohol is out of the reach of young people in Britain, an expert has stated. It was recently...
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Not literally. But an ambitious new strategy has been launched by the Department of Health aimed at dramatically cutting...
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The heart is a pump designed to force blood through our body. Blood is pumped from the heart through the arteries out to...
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Statins are a group of drugs (whose name all end with -statin) that reduce the amount of cholesterol in the body. About...
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One of the best ways of making kids more active is by parents getting sneaky, an expert has suggested. Now she doesn’t...
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It’s easy to assume that those who suffer from a particular illness are experts on the condition and will get along ok...
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Feeling under the weather? Strengthen your immune system with these superfoods and vitamins… It’s never long after the...
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New weight loss aid Alli has hit the shelves. Can taking a diet pill really help you to lose weight or is it just another...
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I’ve got a couple of friends who have had to come to terms with the prospect of being infertile. To be honest, when they...
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OK, hands up how many of like to enjoy a few small glasses of wine most days entirely guilt-free because you thought it...
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Ok here you go gang. We are changing the plan of attack this week just a bit. I know starting the year off we talked about...
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You are never too old to change your habits – if you want to! But sometimes we have to get away from our regular situation,...
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“Women who delay pregnancy are more likely to have a child with autism,” the Daily Mail reported. It said that researchers...
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The residue from smoking has been dubbed 'third-hand smoke' Third-hand smoke is “as dangerous as cigarette fumes” according...
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It is now almost three months since the operation. The scar has healed up well and I have had only minor problems with...
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Nothing in this blog should be taken as medical advice and the opinions are personal and not those of the NHS. If you have...
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Well hello, another new blogger and a little introduction about myself before i begin: My name is Jennie, im 23 and i...
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More Topics | Twitter | RSS Almost a year after Jade Goody’s death are we seeing huge numbers of women attend the GP surgery...
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Statins are a group of drugs (whose name all end with -statin) that reduce the amount of cholesterol in the body. About...
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Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin – and at this grey time of year, can be seriously lacking from our bodies. Vitamin D...
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At this time of year we’re all on a health mission – even us doctors- and I’m often asked by patients what I think of...
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