When starting up on a fat loss diet plan, very often a great deal of energy and focus is placed right on the exact body weight that you're at. You want to weigh a certain number of pounds or kilograms, and that's all that you have on your mind:...
Jeremy Hunt has announced that he’s going to make it illegal to place dying patients on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP – or ‘Death Pathway’ if you read the Mail or the Telegraph) – a medical regime intended to ease the last days of the terminally ill – without...
CRAVINGS: They’re a nightmare, aren’t they?
Here’s 4 ways to beat 'em...
We all crave the naughty stuff every now and again. Yes, myself included. But it’s whether you give in to or control these cravings that will eventually define whether you will get the body you want. There are a...
Crucial decisions about the future of the NHS in Dorset are being taken right now. Dorset CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) is a body of local GPs who’ve recently been given the power to decide on the shape of the NHS in Dorset and who runs its services. The best...
Acne is an extremely common and distressing condition that affects the skin’s oil glands. The small holes in your skin (pores) connect to oil glands under the skin. These glands make an oily substance called sebum. The pores connect to the glands by a canal called a follicle. Inside...
Women recovering from breast cancer are being offered the chance to join a unique Nordic walking course as part of a pilot project to promote the benefits of exercise. Dorset County Hospital’s breast care nurse specialists Lorraine Sers and Anne Saunders have teamed up with cancer exercise specialist Laura...
It’s easy. I know because I have done it.
I used to smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish. I was an addict for more than fifteen years. Then one fine day I quit. No struggles, no therapies. I just quit.
Do you want to hear my story? I...
A pound of the dreaded body fat is made up of an excess of 3500 calories. So when trying to lose weight, we know this is how much we have to burn to lose it.
You can either eliminate 3500 calories a week from your diet or burn 3500 calories...
I have been asked to write and share the experience of my personal journey through cancer in the hope that someone, somewhere, may be helped. It may even save someone’s life. Maybe your own! Cancer. Why me? That is what I asked myself. Why not me? There is statistically...
My Assessment. In February 2012, I was notified, to attend an assessment as to the receiving of incapacity benefit. I was informed, to attend at 8.30am on 02 April 2012. I have no transport of my own! I checked the bus times with the only bus, at that time in the morning, arriving at...