5 Top Tips for Summer Allergies
The summer sunshine brings a smile to most faces. However, it can also bring along some misery for a few particularly those who suffer from seasonal allergies such as hayfever. Luckily, there are a great number of things you can do to help naturally reduce the irritations that come with the seasonal allergies. 1) Aromatherapy…
Detox – is it healthy or not?
I first wrote this blog post a whopping 10 years ago in February 2013 – how time flies. I’ve updated it a bit below and taken a few things out that I now know is not the best. There’s so much more research and detailed information available for us regarding our gut health and microbiome…
Tinnitus Awareness week – The noisy problem
First posted – 7th February 2012 From 6th to 12th February 2012 it is National Tinnitus Awareness week. So what is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is where a person can hear sounds or noises in their ears without there being an external cause for this noise. The sounds themselves seem to be within the ear channels themselves…
Endometriosis – a personal story
Over this past week I’ve had more discussions about endometriosis than I have done in months, all thanks to the BBC releasing the results from questioning 13,500 women highlighting the effect endometriosis has on them. This research described how almost half of the women have had suicidal thoughts, are addicted to strong prescriptive painkillers and…
Do I have to Change?
I was mid-way through writing another blog post about “change” and how this affects us all, and coincidentally since started that I have had several chats with friends, family and clients all about big (and some small) changes that each person is making to their lives or something that has forced them to make changes. …
Help, I’m stressed
Original post April 2019, updated in April 2022 April is National stress awareness month. The word “Stress” is quite possibly one of the most used words in the English vocabulary, especially within the developed world. My clinics are based in Central London and the City of London, where stress seems to be the key driver…
Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 2019 is Endometriosis Awareness Month in the UK. As someone who has this condition I’m quite aware of the general lack of knowledge of this even in healthcare professionals. This post is to give some information about the condition and ways to help. The following information has been gathered from Endometriosis UK…
Ovarian Cancer Awareness month – not a silent killer
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the UK. There are a number of myths and facts about ovarian cancer that are spread around, some due to incorrect information available to the public and others due to misdiagnosis from the medical world – and that includes using the phrase “the silent killer”. Ovarian cancer is…
Breast Cancer and Complementary Therapies
To mark this October as Breast Cancer Awareness month I would like to focus on the use of Complementary Therapies (as opposed to alternative therapies) for anyone dealing with Breast Cancer. So what are Complementary Therapies? There are literally hundreds of different complementary therapies available, but below is a list of some of…
My love for the NHS
The NHS – Do you love it or do you hate it? Personally I love it. I can’t believe that we are so fortunate to have so much free healthcare at our disposal. Recently I’ve had a number of reasons to have had to experience our NHS system more often than ever before,…
Are painkillers causing your headaches?
1 million Britons have headaches from overusing painkillers was one of the many headlines to hit the papers back in 2012 when I first wrote this blog post. This week The Evening Standard has published results of a big investigation it has done into the overuse of painkillers, and in particular opioids, in the UK,…
Allergies and Intolerances – a rising nuisance?
If you look at the media and in health food shops you’d be under the impression that the majority of the population in the UK has a severe allergy or intolerance. Just the other day on the escalator on London Underground I saw a poster for the Allergy Show – a whole show just related…