Month: December 2018

Over-eating and binge-eating is easy to do at any time of the year but especially in the festive season.  There is a slight difference between the two in that over-eating simply means eating more calories than are burnt off.  Binge eating disorder (BED) differs clinically but the point could be made that over eating is…

“What’s this thing on my skin doc”?  This is a question I often get asked by patients and with summer officially here (apparently, although the weather would suggest otherwise) it’s timely to discuss skin lesions.  In particular I want to highlight the importance of dermoscopy. With patients describing skin lesions as red/brown/age/beauty spots/pigmentation, spider veins,…

One of the most controversial topics in medicine is the field of Quantum Medicine.  Partly the controversy comes from a lack of agreement among practitioners about what to call this type of medicine, as it falls under a wide variety of names including Integrative, Biofield, Mind Body, Biofield, Energy, Humanistic, Holistic, Complementary and Alternative Medicine…