BIG FIVE CAUSES OF MIGRAINE

  If migraine was only down to cheese and chocolate…as the perceived wisdom goes….it would be easy to sort! BUT there are always other things going on… 1.Food intolerance plays a part for sure, but not just cheese and chocolate. Cow’s milk...

Strong links between IBS and endometriosis

  In an Australian study of 160 women with irritable bowel syndrome, it was found  36% of the participants also suffered from endometriosis. If you have IBS, but also suffer painful intercourse and tummy symptoms which are worse at period time, consider asking...

INSIDE HEALTH RADIO 4 EXPLAINS FODMAPS DIET FOR IBS

  Yesterday’s ‘Inside Health on radio 4 with Dr Mark Porter interviewed a dietician who gave a very good explanation of the FODMAPS, and how well it works to help IBS symptoms.  FODMAPS is an exclusion diet, excluding fermentable oligosaccharides and...

LATEST RESEARCH AND NEWS FOR ECZEMA SUFFERERS

  Pre-conceptual stress in the mother. A new study from the University of Southampton interviewed 3848 before they were pregnant, and assessed their stress levels. They found that 1 in 6 of these women were experiencing severe stress in their lives. Those women...

TRUST ME, I’M A DOCTOR

What a fantastic programme this is! Standing out brilliantly from the plethora of ‘health ‘ programmes which prove very little.  It is fronted by Michael Mosley, a medical doctor who specialises in health jounalism, mainly through books and TV programmes....