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I wanted to write today though about a story you may have seen in the news this week. Davina McCall gave her first interview after having brain surgery to remove a benign growth called a colloid cyst. Whilst benign, these can still cause problems if they grow, by compressing other structures within the brain. Poor […]

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The plan I had for this week’s blog went out the window on Thursday night this week, for what turned out to be a night I shall never forget. Each year, my colleague and I take our amazing Dorset heart failure team out for a Christmas meal, and this year’s event was on Thursday at […]

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I always like to include real-life events in my blogs, and this week just such a case presented itself. I trained in cardiology in London, at the Heart Hospital and Bart’s (both now amalgamated on one site). I have fond memories of my training, and got a ‘blast from the past’ email this week from […]

One of our members wrote in with an important point this week. She is 77 and trains twice each week, and wanted to know why the exercise advice petered out for the >60s. She felt ladies >60 may feel it isn’t relevant or important to them. Receiving feedback like this is great for many reasons.  […]

Women typically have higher baseline calorie needs per kg of body weight than men, and much of this is due to the need to regulate hormone levels. I wrote last week about the need to fuel appropriately, and part of the reason for this is to avoid endocrine (hormone) dysfunction. When I speak to patients […]

A very common question I get asked by patients is along the lines of ‘what sort of exercise should I be doing?’ I could talk for hours on this, as there are so many nuances, but I would like to try and outline some key concepts. However the single most important point in my opinion […]

I believe a key quality of a good doctor is to be humble. This can take many forms, but with respect to these coming posts, I mean the following. Humans, and doctors in particular in my experience, tend to become rather tied to their beliefs and convictions, especially as they get older. However, a good […]