Dame Deborah James, the ‘Bowelbabe’ and host of the You, Me and the Big C BBC podcast has had a huge impact in breaking down stigma and raising awareness as well as millions of pounds for bowel cancer....
As a nation we are sitting more, as GP’s we are spending more time at our desks. How does this impact our health and risks of chronic disease and what can we do to reduce this?
Dave has had asthma since he was a kid. He’s 45 now. He knows asthma. “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”.
Joan is 73 and comes to see you with a worsening dry cough over the past few months, and she is now feeling a bit more puffed out than usual, which is affecting her daily dog walk. Her examination is unremarkable...
A chance encounter with a patient at the school gates last week reminded me that Ramadan has begun. Over the usual pleasantries, he mentioned that he had started fasting throughout April. I remarked how...