Medicine

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is best defined as ‘androgen excess’, and diagnosed once other causes of elevated androgens have been ruled out.  However, PCOS is not just one disease, it’s an…

your mouth is a window to your overall health. So, what’s the connection between oral health and general, overall health? Many people are unaware that regardless of how well or…

We are all familiar with the hormonal fluctuations and decline in oestrogen that contributes to the familiar, debilitating symptoms of menopause, however recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs), weakening bones and…

To date, diet and lifestyle choices have received a lot of attention in relation to rising infertility rates, but now emerging research confirms we should also factor in both the…

Winter Colds & Sore Throats  ‘Feed a cold and starve a fever’? This was a saying I heard with some frequency in childhood, but is there any scientific basis to…

How often have you seen someone dismissively refer to their IBS symptoms with body language that says ‘don’t go there’ , ‘can we change the subject’.  Many people with ‘tricky’…

Cardiovascular disease has become a common condition worldwide, and raised blood pressure with elevated cholesterol levels are two of the risk factors that will often prompt further investigations.  Reducing your…

What is ‘gut health’ – is it merely an absence of gut disease?  ‘Good for gut health’ is a term often emblazoned on food packaging, though rarely do they explain…

Most of us know someone who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but how many of us know that research is now categorising it as a ‘disease of civilisation’ – i.e….

Most people are aware that the human body is filled and covered with trillions of bacteria, they outnumber our own cells 10 to 1 and we symbiotically co-exist – with…