Persistent pain can affect far more than the part of the body that hurts. It can interrupt sleep, make exercise difficult and turn normal activities into something you have to plan around. That might be recurring migraines that take you out of your day, sciatic pain that makes sitting uncomfortable, persistent foot pain when walking, … Read more
Moderation is recommended for most things in life and stress is no different. A certain amount is required for humans to be productive and feel fulfilled but too much and it joins other factors such as poor diet, chemotherapy, age, insufficient sleep in being suppressors of neurogenesis and brain health. There is an average of … Read more
Recent research indicates testosterone therapy improves sexual wellbeing in postmenopausal women. However, without any long-term safety data or guidelines, should GPs be offering treatment to patients? Across all the studies that have been done, about 60% of women have a good response to treatment, with around a four-to-six-week lag from initiating treatment to getting a … Read more
What is it I do that is different to the usual GP? Why should you come to see a functional medicine practitioner? Let me start by giving you some background. The impetus for me getting involved in Functional or Integrative Medicine was a combination of treating a number of complex patients that were not being … Read more
It was not long ago that talking about gut health and microbiome (bacteria and fungal organisms) was once considered to be “out there” and a bunch of “woo”. These days even specialities such as paediatrics, psychiatry and neurology are noting the importance of these organisms in their field. A healthy population of the right microbiome … Read more
