Amazing Grapefruit
Breakfasting on half a grapefruit has long been seen as one of the healthiest ways to start the day, but the idea it could help you...
Lifestyle
The Lifestyle section explores the everyday choices and habits that shape our physical and mental wellbeing. From balanced nutrition and effective exercise to mental health awareness and restorative routines, it brings together expert-led insight and practical advice designed to support healthier living. Whether encouraging sustainable behaviour change, nurturing resilience, or examining how modern trends influence our wellbeing, this category offers thoughtful, accessible content to help readers live more consciously and confidently.
We need to take stock of vending machines in A&E departments
Over my career I have spent many thousands of hours in A&E departments working on shift to care for sick or hurt children. I, along...
A-Z of Alternative Therapies Part 2
Iridology Practitioners look into the iris of the eye to detect health problems throughout the entire body. Disease can show up on the iris as...
A-Z of Alternative Therapies Part 1
Accupressure Therapists use finger-tip pressure on specific acupuncture points on the body in order to remove blockages or pain and enhance the flow of energy,...
Juicy reasons to enjoy a liquid lunch
Juicing diets, when you stick to blended fruit and vegetables with coconut milk, nuts and seeds for added protein and fat, are hugely popular. Fancy...
Juice me up? The downside of juice diets
Dizziness and exhaustion ‘This would be due to lack of energy as the diet is probably restricting calories in many cases to less than 1000...
How stressed are you?
This STRESS SCALE was developed by Gladeana McMahon, co-director of the Centre for Stress Management. Gladeana McMahon (FBAC, FIMS) helped found the Association for Coaching...
Why the Junior Doctors’ strike will boost mental health now but cause problems later
It may seem like the junior doctors are being battered and harried as a group by events, but they are probably enjoying a renewed sense of...
I’m a Reality TV doc – and I’m not embarrassed
My patient starts to cry. Tears roll down her cheeks as she tells me how years of being obese, then bariatric surgery, with very successful...
Shining a light on philanthropy in medicine
Worldwide, people are amazingly generous. Money flows in whenever there’s a disaster yet donors tend to support medical research only in fields where they have...
