Doctor's Diary
An outdoor life is no guarantee of adequate Vitamin D levels: the drug side-effects that can make life misery, and the delicious benefits of rosehip and honey (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gopo flatulence muscle pains Doctor's Diary Metformin rose hip powder vitamin D James Le Fanu Manuka honey sore throat Source Type: news
The professor who 'cured' his cancer with a cocktail of everyday pills and 20 years on remains disease-free
Ben Williams' aggressive brain tumour was treated with conventional therapies - and with a mix of common drugs, including those for acne, insomnia and high blood pressure, as revealed in a new documentary. Could this approach work for others? (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: brain tumour Anticancer Fund terminal illness Vitamin D Lynda Bellingham Source Type: news
Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 20th February 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 - more on Metformin side effects, reactions to statins, skin hacks and glue ear (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dr James online health clinic hacks Metformin diabetes statins James Le Fanu Source Type: news
My wife says catnapping is a sign of weakness but I know better
Years of falling asleep at the theatre have taught Michael Simkins a thing or two about the art of the power nap (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: catnapping power naps insomnia sleeping cat-napping Source Type: news
Why do people donate to dog charities when children are dying?
Alex Smith is the brains behind two controversial advertising campaigns with a single desperate goal: to allow his son Harrison to live long enough for a cure to be found for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Manchester Dogs Home Harrison's Fund Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Victoria Lambert Translarna Alex Smith Source Type: news
How I realised a dream and joined Legs&Co (sort of!)
As a teenager, Nicola Hill watched Top of the Pops and longed to be one of those beauties gyrating to the chart toppers. Now, a middle-aged mum of two, she's seizing her chance (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pauline's Dance Motivation. Lensbury Club Legs & Co Pauline Peters Strictly Come Dancing Top of the Pops Arlene Phillips Tenko Caroline Flack Pineapple Studios Source Type: news
Forty years ago, doctors worked harder and longer - and kept a lid on healthcare costs.
Recalling his time at Whipps Cross Hospital 40 years ago, James Le Fanu wonders if things are better - they are certainly more expensive (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Whipps Cross Hospital Doctor's Diary men's health NHS James Le Fanu Manuka honey sore throat Source Type: news
Why legal highs are more worrying than illegal drugs
Readily available on the high street or via the web, the use and abuse of these substances is growing at an alarming rate. (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Max Pemberton homeopathy whistleblowers NHS alternative medicine Prince Charles legal highs Source Type: news
Why you should never eat a bacon sandwich: what you can - and can't - eat
Butter can be good for you but don't fry with olive oil. We speak to experts to consider the latest findings that flip our food wisdom on its head (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: superfoods saturated fat olive oil diet healthy eating butter milk Source Type: news
Sorry, Apple, but sitting isn't the 'new cancer'...
...and, just for that, I won't be buying a £300 Apple Watch (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: apple new sitting tim cook cancer apple watch sedentary lifestyle Source Type: news
Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 13th February 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 - sleep orientation, heart medication, metformin side effects, eye test and runny eyes (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: tearduct massage Dr James online health clinic watery eyes metformin diabetes James Le Fanu sleep orientation Source Type: news
'Anxiety and depression - universities must respond to demand'
The number of students seeking counselling has increased across the UK, says Dr Ruth Caleb, universities need to make sure that help and services are available (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wanted: one million people to help make heart disease history
At a conference in London tomorrow Carol Maguire, of the University of San Francisco, will launch the world's biggest ever medical study (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: accelerometer The Health eHeart project University of San Francisco cardiac arrest Carol Maguire FitBit heart attacks Source Type: news
'My baby had a stroke at six days old'
Strokes don't just affect older people - they occur in an estimated one in 4,000 newborns a year. Sarah Chalmers meets the family of one young patient (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sarah Chalmers babies stroke Source Type: news
Hinchingbrooke: what else did they expect?
The NHS is now picking up the pieces at Hinchingbrooke Hospital after the private company Circle terminated its contract after failings in care. Is that really a surprise? (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FGM common cold Max Pemberton Hinchingbrooke Hospital Circle Femail Genital Mutliation Source Type: news
