The number of people in their 50s dying prematurely from cancer in the UK has reached a record low, new figures have revealed. Statistics published...
Our late father had a head injury following a brain infection in 1982. He was a highly functioning man at aged 52, a consultant surgeon, who subsequently developed the kind of problems exhibited in many head injured patients - this included behavioural issues, cognitive deficits, psychological trauma and memory deficits.
As doctors start voting from today on whether to strike in the UK, what's the likely impact of withdrawing medical care on the health of the nation? The doctor's union, the British Medical Association, seems to be gambling that the government doesn't want to alarm the electorate.
Apparently us Brits are in the grip of 'deafness denial' as four million of us refuse to admit that we're losing our hearing, despite the symptoms being loud and clear.
Capsaicin, the component which gives hot sauce its burning sensation, could play a key role in the future of weight loss. Surgeries known as vagal...
It doesn't have to be complicated. We don't need to count calories, or carb grams, or spend hours in the gym. We just need to rediscover what Great-Grandma always knew.
Why do we get angry? It's a very natural reaction to being offended, threatened, wronged or denied. It's a human instinct, proof that we are still animals. Anger is immediate. It's like a fire, it ignites, it rages and it burns out.
Just one disease caused by smoking - lung cancer - was rare before 1930. Over the next 50 years, it rose to become the world's leading cause of cancer death. In countries like Australia it is now on the wane. Plain packaging will accelerate its eventual demise as a major cause of death.
Air ambulances covering large parts of the UK have been grounded after a fault was found which could cause them to crash. Flights of 22 Eurocopter ...
It is difficult to believe that in this age of plenty where there is an epidemic of obesity, more than 50% of the population suffers from vitamin D deficiency! Increasingly more patients are presenting with rickets and osteomalacia - but don't have high expectations of your doctor's ability to diagnose the condition early as patients with mild deficiency may not show any symptoms.
It was very apt to find myself in the same week that Munch's The Scream was making headlines, at the opening of a very special exhibition in Manchester - celebrating exactly the transformative power of art and creativity.
Jamie Oliver and Steven Gerrard have joined forces with leading figures in health and education to ask the Government to fight obesity through cookery...
I'm not suggesting we offer girls different PE. I don't believe our feeble muscles and cosmetic commitments require daintier pursuits, like needlepoint or medium-impact gossiping. No. We should offer ALL kids different PE, if they want it.
Many seem to like my recently published book on addiction. Here's what I often get: "Dr. Ferentzy offers an interesting and challenging perspective ..." In such cases I will thank someone for their kind words, but then quickly counter: everything I wrote in that book is true; perspective is irrelevant.
The General Medical Council has reported that one in six people on prescription medication are given incorrect doses during consultations with their GP. Common errors found include insufficient or incomplete information on the prescription along with dose and the timing of doses, calling for immediate review and monitoring of the current system.
PE lessons are putting girls off sport and making them feel self-conscious or uncomfortable, new research suggests. Sport is too competitive, with ...
Fans of The West Wing have waited a long time for this, but it's finally happened: the cast of The West Wing have reunited. Well, some of the cast of ...
We see the classical portrayal of what everyone thinks an anorexic should look like, because they all look the same of course. Your average anorexic will be a young, white female who is in a picture looking suitably emaciated wearing next to nothing. I sink a little inside each time I see this ridiculously stale, outdated idea of an eating disorder reported.
Facebook and the NHS have teamed up to allow people to sign up for organ donation on the social network, which can be published to their timeline as a...
A student who suffered crippling migraines, caused by a life-threatening brain tumour, was told by doctors she was simply homesick. Despite Megan T...
WARNING: This blog contains adult content Of late, there have been a number of news stories about anal sex and in particular how it is becoming more common. You might wonder how private sexual acts are newsworthy, but there are a few reasons here.
With the UK facing its longest downturn in a century, it's important we understand what this means for people and not just for the bottom line. New business strategies need to be matched by new attitudes and openness around mental health.
"Please mind the gap..." is a familiar warning for all London Underground passengers! But it is becoming an increasingly important refrain in global health - gaps in geography, wealth and medicine lead to real disadvantage and discrimination for many in terms of living healthy lives.
So, the good news, I had my final scan and I'm in remission. Its taken a while for it to sink in. I don't know if I ever wholly believed I had cancer in the first place, I just went on autopilot, got through the treatment and got to where I am now.
