Insomnia is not a medical emergency
Latest research suggests we are going through a sleep deprivation epidemic and we are getting between one to two hours…
Women’s Health
‘Solitary Pleasures’ – Sigmund Freud on Masturbation at The Freud Museum, London
“We are all agreed on one thing – that the subject of masturbation is quite inexhaustible.” (Sigmund Freud, 1912, Vienna Psychoanalytic…
Safe marathon running
The exceptional April heatwave has meant that the London Marathon organisers have said runners are not to come in fancy…
HFEA wrong to criticise foreign IVF clinics
There has been a lot said about foreign IVF clinics and ‘false hope’ in recent days. You may have seen headlines…
First aid for stabbings
Sadly, the news has been full of stories of stabbings across the country these past few weeks, as knife crime…
Tree pollen allergies
It is commonly thought that hay fever and tree pollen allergies are only a problem in late Spring or the…
The wonder of female genitalia
It wasn't that long ago that any mention of the vagina was considered taboo. Today, there have been plays extolling…
How to boost desire
Around half of all women and one in five men suffer from low libido at some point in their lives. Here…
Test bowel cancer patients for Lynch syndrome
More than eight out of 10 NHS hospitals in England are not following the National Institute for Health and Care…
Detecting ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women in the UK, but because diagnosis is often made when…