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Iron Deficiency: Symptoms, Testing and What Happens Next
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Iron Deficiency: Symptoms, Testing and What Happens Next

These terms are often used interchangeably, but they're not quite the same thing. Iron deficiency describes depleted iron stores in the body. Iron deficiency anaemia is what happens once
Liver Function Tests Explained: What Your Results Mean
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Liver Function Tests Explained: What Your Results Mean

Liver function tests, commonly abbreviated as LFTs, are among the most frequently requested blood tests in UK general practice. They are ordered as part of routine health checks, before starting certain medications
Fat-Dissolving Injections (Aqualyx): How They Work and What to Expect
Weight Loss

Fat-Dissolving Injections (Aqualyx): How They Work and What to Expect

Aqualyx is a CE-marked injectable solution based on a modified form of deoxycholic acid, a bile acid your body already produces to help digest fat in the gut. Developed in Italy and introduced to
Why More UK Employers Are Offering On-Site Health Checks
Health

Why More UK Employers Are Offering On-Site Health Checks

An on-site health check is a voluntary, confidential health assessment delivered at the workplace, typically by a nurse or doctor, covering measurements such as blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose
ADHD and Menopause: Why Your Symptoms Can Change With Your Hormones
Mental Health

ADHD and Menopause: Why Your Symptoms Can Change With Your Hormones

ADHD isn’t just a childhood condition that boys grow out of. It’s a lifelong neurological difference, and in women, it tends to ebb and flow with the same hormonal changes that shape so much of women’s health
Is Private Healthcare Worth It? A Private GP’s Honest Take on Private vs NHS Care
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Is Private Healthcare Worth It? A Private GP’s Honest Take on Private vs NHS Care

Is private healthcare worth it? For most people, yes, but only for specific reasons. A private GP gives you faster access, longer appointments, and more control over timing, not different or better medicine.
Full Private Health Check in the UK: What’s Included
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Full Private Health Check in the UK: What's Included

what actually happens at a private health check? The honest answer is that it varies enormously between providers, and the marketing around these packages doesn't always make that clear.
When Should You Worry About a Headache? A Certified GP Explains
Private GP

When Should You Actually Worry About a Headache? A Certified GP Explains

Which headache symptoms genuinely warrant urgent attention, which are worth a routine GP conversation, and which are simply part of being human. Given how much this genuinely matters
Private Cervical Smear Tests: Cost, Process and How Often You Need One
Sexual Health

Private Cervical Smear Tests: Cost, Process and How Often You Need One

Cervical screening, still widely known as a smear test, is one of the most effective cancer prevention tools we have, yet it's also one of the appointments patients most often put off. In clinic, the questions
Earwax Removal: Microsuction vs Ear Syringing : Which Is Better?
Private GP

Earwax Removal: Microsuction vs Ear Syringing : Which Is Better?

Earwax build-up is one of those everyday complaints that can feel disproportionately frustrating, simply because hearing clearly is something we take for granted until it's gone.
Constantly Getting Colds
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Constantly Getting Colds? Here's What I Tell My Patients

The average adult catches between two and four colds each year, while children may have considerably more because their immune systems are still developing.
Cortisol: Symptoms, Causes & How to Lower It
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Cortisol: Symptoms, Causes & How to Lower It

Cortisol is a hormone made by your adrenal glands, two small glands that sit above your kidneys. It's often called the “stress hormone,” but according to the Society for Endocrinology, cortisol
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