I felt l had to sign sick notes even if patients could easily work. Some seemed more interested in keeping their benefits, writes DR MARTIN SCURR
When I first started as a GP, one of the most difficult daily tasks was signing sick notes. I had no training for it, and the difficulty was if the patient wasn't desperate to get back to work. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From baldness to sleeping problems, the bizarre symptoms of a hormone problem that affects one in 10 women
Jodie Relf, PCOS dietitian, based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, says less common symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome, such as skin tags and sleep problems are not talked about. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's the best way to get your hit of healthy dark chocolate? From cocoa to choc-covered nuts and syrup, the answer may surprise you
We know dark chocolate is good for us, thanks to plant compounds called flavanols. But does every product have these benefits? We asked experts to rate a selection of dark chocolate treats. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why you want a female doctor: Study finds patients treated by women are more likely to survive
For every 1,000 patients treated, an extra two would be expected to survive if they were treated by a woman, US researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Should you let your baby 'cry it out'? A generation of parents felt like a failure when they tried to follow parenting guru Gina Ford's strict regime. Four of them tell their survival stories
Gina Ford's bestselling book sold over a million copies and for at least a decade she was the baby sleep guru, famous for the strictness of her feeding regime and popularity among working mothers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I'm dying because doctors missed my cancer: Woman, 68, given months to live slams 'callous' hospital bosses who 'condemned me to death' for repeatedly refusing to meet her
Anne Shaw, 68, developed terminal cancer after doctors failed to spot a golf-ball sized ovarian tumour clearly visible in a routine scan in 2019, then dismissed her concerns. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The treatments that have been proven not to work but are still being given to patients. Is yours one of them?
Why does medicine keep getting it wrong? The Cass Review, published two weeks ago, makes it clear that doctors have been prescribing powerful hormones to children despite a lack of evidence. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I was sectioned after being given a tranquiliser for anxiety that triggered a frightening slide into psychosis. But the worst part of my ordeal was how doctors tried to cure me
Emma Saunders, an actress and photographer, went to her father's private GP in Chelsea with tinnitus in November 2020. The GP prescribed a tranquilliser, telling Emma it would help her sleep. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The new high-tech electronic socks that could help to stop foot ulcers in diabetes patients
The electronic sock contains a sensor that detects whether patients are putting too much pressure on parts of the foot that are at risk of ulcers forming, researchers say. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does the 10-2-20 workout really help you lose weight in just 20 minutes? Fitness buffs rave over simple exercise
The popular 10-2-20 workout has emerged on social media as a low impact - but still extremely effective - way to lose up to 15 pounds in two months. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brazil, Argentina and Turkey now more popular and affordable for gender reassignment surgery than places like Thailand
The research by medical site Healthnews contrasts the popular belief that Thailand is the top country for transgender surgeries, where for years American and Western tourists have traveled for operations. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A 20-cent pill discovered in 1950s could be secret to anti-aging - as scientists launch trial involving 3,000 people
Researchers at the American Federation for Aging Research are launching the TAME trial, a six-year series of studies aimed to see if cheap diabetes drug Metformin can increase lifespan. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
It really IS harder to say no to cake when you're fat, finds study of obese volunteers' brains
Experts in Canada have discovered that people with a higher BMI really do require a bigger shift in brain activity to choose healthy food over their preferred snack. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I'm a nutritionist for cancer patients - these are my tips for avoiding the disease
Cancer-fighting nutritionist Nichole Andrews, from Washington state, has shared foods she always avoids because of their links to cancers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
People who use aspirin daily are at lower risk of COLON CANCER, study suggests
Millions of people who take aspirin every day may be slashing their risk of developing colon cancer, according to a study. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
