COPD – the vital role of GPs
Many people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease are diagnosed at a late stage of the condition where it has already…
Heart & Lung
Déjà vu?
In the 21st century, tobacco consumption will kill a billion people if not tackled seriously. Due to the global population…
The Wonderful Uses of Asbestos – Amazing Inventions | British Pathé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfZSEboVM4 A look at how asbestos is formed and at the various fireproof goods it can be used to…
Cure for IPF – a real hope
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease which occurs when tissue deep inside the lungs becomes thick and scarred. This…
ME: The truth about exercise and CBT
Would any doctor continue to prescribe a drug which they had been told would benefit 20 per cent of patients…
Protect yourself from heart disease
There are certain things that you can’t help, that increase your risk of getting heart disease. These are: Getting older: All the…
Circulation: the gender divide
It's a common phenomenon; a man complains he’s feeling too hot and throws off the duvet while his female partner burrows…
Looking for lung cancer
Lung cancer has very few symptoms at early stage and many people dismiss it as a possibility. We know that…
Taking heart about breathlessness
When a patient comes to see me complaining of unexplained breathlessness, different possibilities immediately go through my mind. The first…
Asthma – are we too clean?
Allergic disease accounts for 10 per cent of the GP prescribing budget and the incidence of asthma has reached epidemic proportions. So…