A recent article by Oliver Burkeman entitled ‘Anxiety bites. How to keep calm when world events are freaking you out’ highlighted the impact of Brexit and Trump upon people’s life perspectives. He states that levels ofRead More…
Everyone is busy. We are busy doing all sorts of things: working, cleaning, gardening, studying, exercising, reading, watching TV, listening to music. In fact, when we are occupied, we are busy doing whatever is occupying us,Read More…
A number of people have described their lingering colds, which have been persisting for a few weeks. This is longer than anticipated, and of course rather annoying and inconvenient. Daytime sniffling and night time disturbance whilstRead More…
A new study has shown that our immune system increases its pro-inflammatory status in the winter months — blue genes! We are naturally more inflammatory at certain times of the day (early hours of the morning; oneRead More…
Easter holidays are here! Bunnies, chocolate eggs, Easter bonnets, spring and…..revision. Chatting to my younger patients, they all tell me that this holiday will be dominated by revision. So it is not so much a holiday butRead More…
We know only too well how important it is to be physically active. This may mean formal exercise or sports, but equally we can be on the move and using our bodies when undertaking day-to-day tasks.Read More…
Thanks to Kaitlin for writing this guest blog on diet. @kaitlincolucci As a current student at the University of Nottingham studying a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics, I have an interest in all fields of workRead More…