by Dr. Mark Porter | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog
If you have the type of IBS that leaves you prone to diarrhoea, as opposed to constipation, then you may have been wrongly diagnosed….. As many as half a million people in the UK with stomach problems previously attributed to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),...
by Dr. Mark Porter | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog
New research published in The Lancet – www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60140-3/fulltext – that oestrogen blocking drugs like tamoxifen and raloxifene can prevent breast cancers if taken regularly – one breast cancer was...
by Dr. Mark Porter | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog
Yesterday’s Inside Health -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019dl1b – item on very high intensity exercise prompted a number of people to question the evidence behind my advice for middle-aged and older people to limit the intensity of their work-outs to...
by Dr. Mark Porter | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog
From The Times 16.4.13, and since this was published I have received numerous emails and letters from Times readers berating their experiences when using 111. Even accounting for reporting bias, their experiences suggest the service may be in more disarray than I...
by Dr. Mark Porter | Apr 13, 2013 | Blog
The measles outbreak in the Swansea area has highlighted just how quickly the disease can spread there have been just under 700 cases confirmed as I write, nearly a hundred of which have been diagnosed in the last week. And South Wales is unlikely to be the only part...