We were interviewed by Talk Radio about diet and cancer and the new fad about anti-inflammatory diets. There may well be an association between processed food and red meat and cancers, but the non medical community may have hijacked the word "anti-inflammatory" without any evidence that these diets actually reduce inflammation.
The BBC has reported that drugs that boost the immune system have saved the lives of some men with terminal prostate cancer, say doctors in the UK. The team at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London said the results were "spectacular" and a "big deal".
I have corresponded with Margaret McCartney in the past and although our backgrounds are very different (I have been a solely Private GP for over 30 years) we tend to agree more than we disagree. She is correct to warn about online Private GP services who advertise "Get antibiotics online" and the difficulty in doing a proper clinical examination remotely
SameDayDoctor offers the HPV jab to boys and girls to reduce the incidence of cervical and other cancers transmitted by the Human Papilloma Virus. Girls are now routinely vaccinated on the NHS but boys are not.
More than a quarter of adults in Britain have multiple health problems, according to a major study warning of “alarming” pressures being placed on the NHS
Addison's disease is a rare auto-immune illness which results in failure of the adrenal glands. We have recently seen two patients with this condition. It is easy to miss if not tested for appropriately
The report of the first ever case of “super-gonorrhoea” – a bug which is resistant to frontline antibiotics – comes as no surprise to experts in sexually transmitted diseases.
We often see patients with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO). Ongoing fever without an obvious source of infection is a diagnostic challenge
Back pain is one of the commonest causes of time off work and of consultations with General Practitioners. In particular patients with lower back pain, caused by abnormalities in the lumbar spine, are seen regularly in our clinics
