Member's Blog
I write a weekly blog for members, on a wide range of topics around health and the heart. Non-members can explore the topics below to see what I write on a week by week basis. If you'd like to join, click here to find out more.
Dementia part 3
Back to the theme of dementia, and we are at week 3. A question I have asked myself many times is can dementia be prevented? Billions are spent looking for treatments, and hopefully success will come, but what if there were ways we could reduce our risk in the first place? Primary prevention is the […]
Read more »Dementia part 2
For over a decade, scientists have thought that if amyloid protein is the primary problem in dementia, the key to treatment must be drugs which reduce its production or stimulate its clearance from the brain. Initial efforts however, whilst they reduced the amount of protein, did little to improve clinical symptoms and outcomes. Studies are […]
Read more »Dementia part 1
I’m sure by now you will have appreciated that one of the key messages I try to deliver is that lifestyle changes can drastically move the needle on the risk of developing a wide range of diseases, and maximise the chances of living healthily for as long as possible. You may also think I’m a […]
Read more »A cautionary tale
I hope you’ve been enjoying the sunshine this week? Hasn’t it made a difference?! I expect like many people I’ve taken to the garden, and have been planting plants, cutting grass, and trimming hedges. It’s very satisfying work, and rather nice to be outside and doing something different to my day job. Rather annoyingly however, […]
Read more »Heart ‘accessory pathways’
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Read more »The world’s oldest man
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Read more »Stress and the heart part 2 – takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)
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Read more »Stress and the heart part 1
Whenever I go on holiday I always seem to find myself frantically trying to tidy up loose ends beforehand. I doubt I’m alone in thinking there never seems to be enough time to get things done before a break, does that sound like you? At some point though you jut have to stop: the work […]
Read more »DNA & introduction to longevity genes
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Read more »Weight loss wonder drugs – GLP1 agonists
I have had quite a few patients ask me recently if I would support them being prescribed semaglutide. You may not be familiar with the name, but you may well have heard of it as a weight loss wonder drug. The reason I thought I would write about it today is that the FDA (US […]
Read more »An unusual cause of a heart attack in a young man
I’ve been on call this week and it’s been rather busy, particularly this weekend, and particularly with patients presenting to hospital with chest pain. Such patients usually have a blood test called a ‘troponin’, which is a blood enzyme which gets elevated in the context of any heart damage or inflammation. As such, we use […]
Read more »Sleep part 2 – members’ questions
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Read more »How long should we sleep?
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Read more »Medications that can spike blood sugar
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Read more »Heart rate variability
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Read more »Cardiac amyloid – more common than was thought
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Read more »A sad week
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Read more »Habit Forming
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Read more »CT scanning and the heart
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Read more »Research round-up 2023
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Read more »Bournemouth Luton
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Read more »It’s cold outside
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Read more »Atrial fibrillation
I hope you’ve had a good week. It’s certainly a busy time of year for many people, myself included. In addition to Christmas, December brings both my children’s birthdays so added complexity! It’s enough to bring on palpitations! I think this is week 3 now on the subject of palpitations, and whilst they are very […]
Read more »Ectopic heart beats
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