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More than once I have heard a patient say ‘we need one of your kind in every GP practice’, and I smile and I think – so true, but in…

Most people are aware that the human body is filled and covered with trillions of bacteria, they outnumber our own cells 10 to 1 and we symbiotically co-exist – with…

Nutrition and diet is proving to be one of the most powerful, modifiable factors affecting our genetic expression. Our genes are not always our destiny.  Many chronic, lifestyle related diseases…

Would you rather know your genetic inheritance, or not – that is the question.  And one that many people ponder when they consider purchasing a DNA genomic profile. ‘Do I…

For many people, it was David Attenborough’s seminal documentary series ‘Blue Planet II ‘, that brought our plastic pollution to the forefront of our consciousness.  Indeed he himself has said…

I love an attention-grabbing headline and this one was provocative enough to make various journalists and broadcasters give it prominent column inches and quite a bit of airtime.  Some even…

There are many reasons for conception and pregnancy to elude seemingly fertile couples, but ‘Unexplained Infertility’ is an increasingly common label given to a couple when investigations provide no answers….

Research on the microbial communities in our gut (known as the microbiota) has accelerated dramatically in recent years, thanks to developments in the technologies that allow us to fully enumerate…

Dietary advice – feeling confused? – with all those conflicting theories on weight management? – and Cholesterol? Well you’re not alone. For decades we’ve been told fat is bad for…