IVF stands for In Vitro Fertilisation and it is one of the several techniques available to allow people with fertility problems to have children. NICE guidelines recommend that IVF should be offered to women under 43 years of age who have been trying to get pregnant for two years. However, the final decision about who…
Read MoreGOODBYE 2016, WELCOME 2017
“Be fearless! If you make only one resolution this year, let it be to live boldly. You control this moment: rather than cautiously test the water, dive straight into life with freeing abandon. Imagine the person you want to be and live the life you want to live, then simply commit to them. Believe in…
Read MoreWILL WE BE ABLE TO FIND A CURE FOR DEMENTIA? 💡
I’m back again today with another topic I want to talk about! I’ve actually touched on the topic of dementia before in a previous post, but as I was reviewing it I realised that I hadn’t discussed whether a cure would be a possibility, which is something that everybody seems to wondering and hoping. I…
Read MoreOBESITY – A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC
The number of people who are considered clinically obese has actually tripled in the last 25 years, making obesity a growing concern for doctors and health professionals. Obesity is also becoming more frequently seen amongst children. I would like to take a step back and think about some of the reasons why obesity has increased…
Read MoreTHE FRUSTRATION OF MISCOMMUNICATION
Today, I’d like to share a recent experience. Each doctor involved in this story could have made the difference but there were mistakes and shortfallings at each stage with every doctor that was encountered. I’m not writing this to criticise these doctors, because I’m sure they are brilliant healthcare professionals…but I’m writing it to look…
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WILDFLOWERS 🌼🌷
CRYOPRESERVATION: CAN WE RETURN FROM THE DEAD? ❄️
“What if you were told that you could cheat death by having your veins filled with chemicals, before being hung upside down in a sleeping bag inside a freezing vat of liquid nitrogen, to be resurrected in decades or centuries to come?”
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Life of a Medic 