Prescribing health documentaries
Dr Ameera Brett explains how prescribing health documentaries is helping her patients
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Dr Ameera Brett explains how prescribing health documentaries is helping her patients
Being vegan invites comments and unsolicited opinions at all times but when you’re pregnant and vegan, it goes into overdrive and you may even begin to doubt yourself.
What is the gut microbiota? The term ‘microbiota’ is used to describe the collection of different microbes that inhabit different parts of the body. For example, the microbiota of the…
In 1945, Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, warned of the danger of over-reliance on antibiotics and the threat of bacteria developing resistance. Now, 74 years later, his fears have been…
Vole pups born in the winter come out growing thicker coats. Vole mothers are able to communicate the season to their babies in utero and tell them to put a…
Free radical damage To understand the benefit of antioxidants, we first have to understand the damaging effects of harmful molecules called free radicals that seem hell-bent on wreaking havoc in…
Protein plays an important role in the body, forming the basis of muscles, hair, nails and collagen – the connective tissue that holds the body together. It also plays a…
Thanks to Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg and protest group Extinction Rebellion, it feels like we are finally waking up to the imminent threat posed by climate change. Sadly, the importance…