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The power of good decisions
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Read more »Patient power
I am lucky that I experience job satisfaction relatively frequently in my role. Yes there are many aspects that are rather tedious and administrative, but often I’m reminded what a privileged position I am in to be able to help others with something as important as their health. Is there anything more important in fact […]
Read more »Keto-diet trial & heart disease
this week’s research video I found particularly thought provoking, and triggering! You may have seen online results of a trial evaluating keto diets. I get asked about these diets not-infrequently. My first take away (and if you remember nothing else remember this – anyone saying ‘this is the best diet and everything else is inferior’ […]
Read more »How to exercise if you have a heart condition
A question I often get asked, is whether it is safe to exercise with a heart condition. Almost always, the answer is yes, and more often than not, a person is more likely to do themselves a disservice by not exercising, or taking it easy, than if they push themselves a bit. It’s perfectly understandable […]
Read more »Click bait headlines
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Read more »My happy place
This week’s blog has been written in advance, as it has been one of the highlight weekends of my year. The annual ‘miscellaneous medics’ golf tournament. 8 of us who met either at medical school, or in the first year or two as junior doctors, have got together annually for over 20 years now to […]
Read more »Getting out of my comfort zone
A month or so ago I received an email asking if I would give a talk at a conference. The request was from the British Society for Heart Failure (which is the specialist society for this in the UK) and so I was flattered to be asked. I was also a bit nervous. I’m quite […]
Read more »It’s like buses
A heart condition was like buses this week – wait for ages then two come along at once, oddly on the same day. I’m not one for reading the news these days, it’s all too depressing for the most part, so when my wife asked if I had heard what happened to Emma Willis this […]
Read more »Stories from the coal face
I’m coming to the end of a busy week on-call, and now very much looking forward to a day off tomorrow! I see so many patients during a week on-call, that there are always some interesting cases for my weekly blog, and this has certainly been the case this week. From a ‘human factors’ perspective, […]
Read more »Trials and tribulations
Every time I look at a medical journal these days it seems there are more trials and studies coming out about weight loss drugs, but not necessarily about the weight loss itself. An issue however, is that without large randomised controlled trials, it can be hard to make definitive conclusions. We know for sure from […]
Read more »Personalised medicine
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Read more »A very rare finding of a very common test
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Read more »The next chapter
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Read more »The hardest day of my life
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Read more »The polypill
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Read more »One of my pet peeves
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Read more »Athletic inspiration
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Read more »What has viagra got to do with the heart?
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Read more »A humbling experience
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Read more »A hidden epidemic
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Read more »I don’t want good i want excellent
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Read more »An emotional week
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Read more »Weight loss ‘wonder drugs’
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Read more »New Year’s resolutions
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