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‘I fought back from the brink with diabetes’
Man’s breakdown led to serious obesity problem and warning from doctors to change lifestyle
STRUGGLING with mental health problems, Colin Findlay developed a dependency on the worst kinds of food... > more |
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Speaking out boldly about stammering - PUBLIC speaking might seem like a daunting prospect for anybody who has stammered since childhood. > more
Kicking off a young child’s future- PROVIDING children with the best start in life is a concern for every parent but if your child has cerebral palsy, keeping them ...>more
An eating disorder is not just physical - IN London, with pizzerias, curry houses, and even health food stores on every street corner, the desire to indulge is easily...>more
‘I’m stronger, I’ve learned to ask for things’ - ELAINE Purcell is used to being stoical in the face of adversity. As a child she suffered from chest infections and ...>more
The disabled are suffering because of the Town Hall - DISABLED people in Camden face an increasingly difficult day-to-day struggle to lead their lives... > more
‘Anorexics can win food battle’ - ANOREXIA is an illness that provokes strong reactions. But when it comes to treatment the options are underwhelming. > more
Attitudes to casual sex bring syphilis back with vengeance- THE sexually transmitted disease syphilis was confined to the history books in the 1980s and ...>more
Changing our perceptions of ‘disabled’ art - When Niall Cullen was diagnosed with Moyamoya syndrome at just three years old he was too young to grasp ...>more
Smart technology to battle the MRSA bug- AN infection-resistant telephone dreamt up by brains at University College London Hospital could save the NHS millions of ...>more
Life expectancy lowest in capital - MEN in St Pancras and Somers Town have the lowest life expectancy in any ward in London, a study into the state of the health ...>more
Defenders of homoeopathy take on PCT - AN angry group of patients turned out in force to protest against the possible closure of the Royal London Homoeopathic ...>more
Wellcome to a world of sleep and dreams - CONSIDERING we spend a third of our lives horizontal, wrapped in our duvets counting sheep, there is an awful lot we... > more
Success of speech therapy says it all - CAN you imagine waking up one morning to find out that you can no longer speak? You can’t have a natter on the telephone... > more
The plucky violinist fighting cancer - IN 1999 George Holt was told he only had five years to live because a rare form of cancer was ravaging his body. > more
More than a shot in the dark - WOODY Allen once made a comedy about a blind film director, and to most people it probably sounds like a joke... > more
‘Scandal’ of diabetes patients who are put at risk of blindness - DIABETES patients in the borough are being put at risk of blindness because they... > more
Understanding a rare and crippling disease - A LEADING doctor has called for greater understanding of the rare and crippling disease Ataxia. Dr Paola Giunti, a ...>more
Royal Free trials for cancer treatments - TREATMENT times for breast cancer patients could be slashed after a raft of new techniques went on trial this month at the... > more
‘I feel I’m getting my child back’ - TODDLER Noli Tebe was a chatty child until she was struck down with a potentially fatal virus on Christmas Eve. While other families ...>more
Internet encouter saves woman's life - WHEN Megan Radclyffe first met her future partner online, she had no idea the encounter would save her life. Now...>more
A healthy hospital needs more than medical staff - I HAVE lived in the shadow of the Royal Free Hospital for many years, though until earlier this year... > more
Victory for chemist’s as chain pulls out of move - AN independent chemist’s shop is celebrating after a pharmacy chain withdrew plans for a rival store just a... > more
Sparring against the odds - AHMED Ali had ambitions to become a competitive boxer. But as he was gearing up to take part in his first fight, aged... > more
Emergency op saves plucky priest - HE is the plucky priest best known for camping on his church roof in a bid to rescue it from ruin. > more
Child care website for parents - CHILD patient care was given a welcome booster with the launch of a website dedicated to parents’ health concerns... > more
Dr Clare points way ahead with needle-free treatment - NEEDLES could become a thing of the past after a Royal Free scientist won charity funding... > more
‘Chemical cosh’ is not a cure-all - DOCTORS must avoid relying on drugs to treat people with schizophrenia, a leading Highgate writer has claimed. > more
Can spiritual healing help fight cancer? - CLAIMS that spiritual healing can benefit seriously ill patients are to be tested by researchers at University... > more
Comic hosts benefit to help keep babies smiling - TOP comedy presenter Wayne Saunders never forgot the wonderful life-saving care his two young... > more
Maggots used to save leg from amputation - MAGGOTS, honey and pills saved health journalist Michael van Straten from his greatest fear – losing a leg. > more
‘Kylie going through it at the same time made it easier’ - WHEN Jem Reeves passes joggers on the canal towpath she feels compelled to stop them. > more
‘I stopped going out because I had MRSA’ - WHEN 75-year-old Patricia Quaill was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer, she was determined... > more
Pioneer beat death sentence - CAMDEN Town now houses, at 10 Parkway, the HQ of a rather remarkable organisation, Diabetes UK. > more
Big Frank and the big heart op: FORMER health secretary and current Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Frank Dobson, has spoken for the first time... > more
Pupils set off to conquer Mt Everest - A GROUP of children are to travel to Mount Everest later this month as part of a ground-breaking study i nto treatments for... > more
On your bike – friends tell retiring Colin - THE retirement party of a senior Royal Free Hospital manager had an unexpected twist when staff told him to get on... > more
Janet launches group for carers who no one listens to - LIFE was relatively ordinary for trainee psychotherapist Janet Love until her son became mentally ill while... > more
All eyes on the Queen as she opens Moorfields kids’ centre - LARGE crowds gathered on Friday morning to see the Queen as she officially opened a new... > more
Campaign to save the homeopathic hospital - A NUTRITIONAL activist who claims she saved the NHS half a million pounds by changing her diet is... > more
Media baron eyes up specialist centre -A SPECIALIST eye centre for children opened for business yesterday (Wednesday) > more
‘How I beat the inner demons of anorexia’ - EXPERIENCING the horrors of apartheid South Africa at the age of eight, Matthew Campling sought refuge in food. > more
Fears over homeopathic hospital’s future in NHS - EUROPE’S largest homeopathic hospital could be forced to close if Primary Care Trusts continue to... > more
We need a peak-time pass to get to hospital, says gran - GREAT-grandmother Lucy Day is behind a new campaign to force bus companies and Transport... > more
Gene scan ‘to predict chances of getting ill’ - NERVOUS hypochondriacs will want to steer clear of a new private clinic at Bart’s Hospital which is able to predict... > more
Facing new year without hair taught me a valuable lesson - ON Christmas Day 2005, Dr Sarah Burnett woke up to find that her hair had started to fall out... > more
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