Health stores are doing a roaring trade at the moment, due to Coronavirus and that’s because people who know about vitamins and herbal medicines are stocking up. So what are they buying? Vitamin C: has a reputation for fighting all viruses, and so it’s a daily essential. When
One Step Ahead of Osteoarthritis, Frances Ive, published by Hammersmith Health Books, available at Waterstones and Amazon. As many as 8.75 million people have osteoarthritis and I am one of them, but I wasn’t prepared to give in to it. I wanted to carry on playing tennis, do
NHS England is proposing to stop funding prescriptions for homeopathy and herbal medicines, as well as Omega 3s. To be honest, if you’re like me, you’ve probably never ever had a prescription for these on the NHS, because doctors aren’t that prone to handing them
Arthritis in the fingers, RSI (repetitive strain injury), and carpal tunnel syndrome are all common ailments these days among those of us who have been on typewriters and computers for most of their lives. That’s not to mention bad backs and eye strain. See Arthritis
Prince William knows plenty about coping with what life throws at you. At a recent talk on Anxiety, he said, ‘The suicide rate among young men in our country is an appalling stain on our society. Suicide is the biggest killer of young men under 40
I’ve been banging on about mercury/amalgam fillings for years. And some 15 years ago I had mine removed. That was a total of around 16 fillings which were replaced over a period of two years. I believed that they were adversely affecting my health, and
No magic bullet, but a low carbohydrate diet can reverse Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, as witnessed by the sons of Geoff Whitington who got their dad to exercise and diet and reclaim his health. Speakers, including medical experts, at a debate on the effect
Many people believe that all food should be organic as it always was before pesticides, fungicides and insecticides laced with toxic chemicals were introduced into intensive farming. Instead of which it has often been seen as ‘elitist, expensive’ and its detractors consider it ‘unnecessary’. Other
People power can make things happen and so it is with the banning of microbeads in cosmetics. Following President Obama banning their use in the United States, and Justin Trudeau, PM in Canada, the British government has pledged to ban them in the UK from