Delicious, nutritious recipes for cancer patients
A new cookbook for patients and friends is full of recipes that give more than healthy nutrition, writes Xanthe Clay (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nutrition cancer sufferers xanthe clay healthy recipes healthy food cancer diet nigella lawson Source Type: news

How to find your natural weight
Five diet and fitness experts on eating mindfully, prioritising sleep and 23 other tips to help you reach a healthy number - and stay there (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: is fat good for you telegraph dieting stella natural weight loss Sarah Wilson exercise I quit sugar mindful eating natural diet stella magazine how to find your natual weight gluten free natural body weight Source Type: news

Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 13th March 2015
Concerned about aches and pains? Worried about a medical condition? You can email your questions confidentially to Dr Le Fanu at drjames@telegraph.co.uk. Answers will be published in the health section of the Telegraph website every Friday. Today - menopausal hot flushes, vitamin D in psychosis, varicose veins, gluten sensitivity and arthritic pain (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gopo varicose veins menapause Dr James online health clinic hot flushes Raynaud's Syndrome vitamin D James Le Fanu Source Type: news

Fitness Truths: the importance of 'prehabilitation'
Fitness expert Jean-Claude Vacassin reminds us of the importance of stretching, resting and working out smart all in the name of 'prehabilitation' and injury preventation (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nutrition sports physiotherapy fitness stretching soft tissue therapy fitness goals rehabilitation prehabilitation knees joints sports therapy weight loss sports injury massage sports injuries Source Type: news

Doctor's Diary: Beta-blockers may have caused unnecessary deaths
The practice of giving beta-blockers to patients undergoing heart surgery has resulted in a higher mortality rate, while Vitamin D is helping those with aches and pains. (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: beta-blockers European Society of Cardiology Dr Malcolm Kendrick Doctor's Diary New England Journal of Medicine vitamin D James Le Fanu Dr Don Poldermans Dr Sonia Bouri Source Type: news

The wounded Armed Forces veterans healed by yoga
Yoga is helping wounded veterans rebuild strength, combat pain and PTSD and is even helping them sleep (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Help for Heroes post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Heroes at Ease yoga Rio Paralympics Surgeon General Paul Evans Suzie Jennings Source Type: news

Should you worry about your genes?
Are the conclusions of DNA health-testing websites to be taken seriously or are they no more than a jokey sideshow? (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: genes risks dna health Source Type: news

Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 6th March 2015
Concerned about aches and pains? Worried about a medical condition? You can email your questions confidentially to Dr Le Fanu at drjames@telegraph.co.uk. Answers will be published in the health section of the Telegraph website every Friday. Today - measles and cancer, horse chestnut extract, the menopause, arthritis and hip replacements (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: horse chestnut extract menopause Metformin Dr James health clinic hip replacement James Le Fanu cramp Source Type: news

My mother was lost to dementia, until she heard her favourite songs
Music can be a great comfort to sufferers of Alzheimer's and their families, as Sally Magnusson knows from her final days with her mother (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: julianne moore cure alzheimers prevention dementia memory loss still alice Source Type: news

Food labels: why 'low-fat' and 'high-fibre' don't mean healthy
You might think foods labelled 'low-fat' or 'no added sugar' are better for you, but packaging can be extremely misleading (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: fat food labels low-fat sugar fat-free Source Type: news

Doctor's Diary: When to take acid reflux seriously
Dr James LeFanu helps solve reader's health problems. This week: the value of exercise ECGs and the mystery of the patient who appeared drunk (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dr Malcolm Parsons Angus Dalgleish acid reflux Datura Angel's Trumpet Doctor's Diary Metformin ECG James Le Fanu Source Type: news

Want to cut the risk of a heart attack? Jump in the sauna
Men who use saunas regularly are nearly two thirds less likely to have heart acttacks, so stop being prudish and get your kit off (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: heart attack health saunas finland sauna and heart attack Source Type: news

If you're ill, do us all a favour, stay at home
This 'braving it' and coming to work business needs to stop, says Bryony Gordon (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: winter bugs ill illness at work braving it cold flu sick notes Source Type: news

NHS: 2 billion a Week & Counting, review: 'a game of consequences'
Gerard O'Donovan reviews NHS: 2 billion a Week & Counting (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: prescription illness cost NHS tablets medicine medical treatment Source Type: news

Confessions of a sperm donor
Why Mary Portas and her partner have the right approach to creating a family; the care homes that put patients - not their staff - first, and teaching children to be happy is easy! (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Care Quality Commission Mary Portas sperm dononation Max Pemberton happiness lessons care homes Source Type: news