“Stress is not a state of mind… it’s measurable and dangerous, and humans can’t seem to find their off-switch” – Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky in the documentary Stress: Portrait of a Killer. The International Stress Awareness Week (5 – 9 November) highlights the impact that chronic stress has on...
The UK Government has decided that flour in the UK is to be fortified with folic acid after ministers were convinced by their health advisers that it would reduce the risk of babies developing spina bifida and other conditions that involve severe disability or death. Well, sadly this is NOT...
If you’re under 50, make Breast Cancer Awareness Month a time to get breast cancer aware NOW and learn how you can reduce your risk. 54,900 NEW cases; one in SEVEN women; one in FIVE under 50 For those of us under 50, the least of our worries may be about breast...
Vitamin D is, quite literally, on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days and research is giving us plenty on the pros (and the cons) of supplementing D. But why should women be particularly concerned to track their D? Although vitamin D has become a hot topic, many of today’s conventional clinicians receive...
