Sarah’s Health Notes: Learning To Listen
Over 40 years ago, I first understood that listening could be as important as talking in helping someone – in fact even more so. I was a recovering alcoholic in AA (the 12-step programme Alcohol...
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Editorial - Sarah Stacey
Sarah’s Health Notes: Beyond Pills Campaign
This article first appeared in The TelegraphMedicines do people a lot of good but they can also cause harm, according to the recent National Overprescribing Review, which found that 10% of drugs are u...
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Sarah’s Health Notes: Why We All Need Vitamin N For Nature
It seems fitting with Chelsea Flower Show coming into full bloom this week to think about one of my favourite poems simply called The Garden by 17th century English poet Andrew Marvell. He wrote about...
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Sarah’s Health Notes: The Natural Eyelash Growth Enhancer That’s Safe And Really Works
In 2008, Dr Stephanie Seyda, then based at German Pharma Laboratories in Meinertzhagen, was working on an eyelash growth enhancing serum. She gave her ‘very best friend’ a lab sample...
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Sarah’s Health Notes: Supporting People With Dementia
Talking to people with dementia can be a huge strain. I felt inadequate that I didn’t know how to hold a conversation with my father, who was diagnosed with non-Alzheimer’s dementia in 199...
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Sarah’s Health Notes: New Products For Sensitive Skin
If you think you have touchy skin that frequently has a flare-up, join the gang. ‘Sensitive skin is one of the most reported consumer skin problems’, according to biochemist and researcher...
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