Everyday health
Hay fever: start three weeks before you think you need to
Most people begin treatment when symptoms arrive, which is the point at which it works least well. The timing matters more than the brand.
Dr James Hollis · GP Partner
Journal
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Written by the clinicians who treat you, reviewed by another, and dated so you can see how old it is. No sponsored content, and no supplements for sale at the bottom.
Prevention
The supplements worth the money, and the ones worth stopping
Most of the supplement aisle does nothing for most people. A short, honest list of what has evidence behind it and what does not.
Ruth Calloway · Clinical Pharmacist
Children
A child with a temperature: what we actually look at
The number on the thermometer is one of the least useful pieces of information. Here is what clinicians assess instead, and what should bring you in.
Dr Daniel Mensah · GP & Lead for Paediatrics
Prevention
Ten thousand steps was invented by a pedometer company
The number is marketing, not medicine. The useful figure is lower than you think, and the intensity matters more than the total.
Arun Sandhu · Physiotherapist & Lead for Musculoskeletal Care
Everyday health
When sleep has been bad for six months
Sleeping tablets work for about two weeks. What works after that is unglamorous, well evidenced, and almost never offered first.
Dr Mei-Lin Chen · GP & Lead for Mental Health
Everyday health
Burnout is not a diagnosis, which does not mean it is not real
It sits in the classification as an occupational phenomenon rather than a medical condition. That distinction matters, and not in the way people assume.
Dr Mei-Lin Chen · GP & Lead for Mental Health
Nothing in that category yet.