Cycling for beginners
Cycling is excellent for improving overall fitness and toning the lower body. As a non-impact activity, it places no stress…
Lifestyle
‘Tis the time for binge exercising
It is a pattern that is repeated every year. Binge eating and excessive drinking over the Christmas period is followed…
Posture in the post-Christmas slump
It’s easy to slump in front of the telly after an excess of Christmas festivities, but there are very good…
Why you need to throw snowballs with your kids
We know from previous studies that primary school children with a higher body mass index are likely to have poorer…
Tell me a story: how to fall asleep
There is a paradox to sleep in that it comes when you are not trying; but unfortunately, too many people…
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries sounds like some relic of a bygone time. But this City of London livery society…
Doctors Burning Out
New research led by George Lewith, Professor of Health Research at the University of Southampton suggests doctors’ burnout should be…
Doctors need empathy
Empathy in clinical practice is an essential component of the doctor-patient relationship. This is the understanding of how another human…
No good deed will go unpunished
In the latest Tom Hanks movie, Pilot Sully was a hero as he landed the aircraft on the Hudson River,…
The NHS is bracing itself for the toughest winter in a decade
Not only is it treating more patients than ever before, but A&E performance in the UK has slumped to a…