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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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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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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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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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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I’m sitting in my office down the bottom of our garden in Dorset, looking out at the birds flitting around – a blue tit is sitting on top of a tall shrub like the king of the castle – watching my husb...
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