Most people live well into old age, however many live with long term conditions as we live longer. Longevity of course is to be celebrated. For those who live ...

Many old people go for days without any human contact. We know that this isolation brings increased risks of ill health. We must start looking at healthcare as ...

Anti-ageing creams are everywhere, anti-ageing foods are now more widely understood but what is ageing? Is it just the process of getting older or is something ...

Food. We love it, hate it, stuff our faces with it, go without it but whether we like it or not, we all have a relationship with food. Generally people have a ...

Is Dangerous For Our Health, It Is Now Official.  GPs will be urged to make time to see lonely patients, who are 50% more likely to die prematurely than ...

January 2018….a New Year…and lots of new goals and resolutions! If you’re like me, they are made with full intentions of fulfilling them, but somehow all they ...

Bonfire night is over and Christmas adverts on the TV have started. As I write this, Christmas is only 6 weeks away. Christmas light displays will be switched ...

Over the last few months we have looked at the core imbalances in disease from a functional medicine point of view; this month we review the last one. Stress - ...

This month we will look at another core imbalance in the development of disease (see June issue): Social relationships. These - both quantity and quality - ...

Everywhere you look, someone is advertising the benefits of exercise. Whether it’s pilates, tai chi, zumba, basketball, hockey, swimming, cross fit or HIIT ...

The flight is booked, suitcases are packed - it’s holiday time! Holidays are very important in maintaining a good work/ life balance, and a minimum of two ...

Following on from last month's article, I would like to start by discussing the first core imbalance seen in disease  which  is the subject  of  sleep and ...