Expert Insights

One of my favourite proverbs is an old Arab one: “It is easier to make slaves of free men [sic] than free men from slaves.” When I came across it…

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has just published the results of the Health Survey for England (HSE) 2013. This monitors trends in the nation’s health, and provides regular…

In my previous article we reviewed the need for manual handling intervention in the workplace. Manual handling is a part of our daily lives and it would be near impossible…

We are very fortunate as general dental practitioners, if we have toothache – and many of us have – it’s usually a matter of getting a friend/colleague to have a…

Magazines in the waiting room I read recently that £12.6m worth of magazines get stolen every year from waiting rooms. I appreciate some patients wait longer than others to be…

The Care inspectorate in Scotland has participated, with Loughborough University in producing a support package ‘Care… about physical activity’ to encourage activities in the care of older people. The programme…

Merry season For many people Christmas is seen as a time to catch up with family, friends and colleagues and often a time to have a few festive drinks and…

When we think of our guts, we may think of food and digestion, or even of bowel regulation, but perhaps we don’t give enough attention to our gut microbiota, as…