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Heart failure With more than five million Americans affected and more than 400,000 new cases diagnosed every year, heart failure (HF) remains the number ONE medical cause of hospitalisation in the adult population above the age of 50 years. In addit...

Dear Dr Nekia, Having been in a long-term relationship, I found out that my partner has invited the opposite sex into our relationship by meeting them, talking, and then somehow exchanging telephone numbers (their words). They have been speaking to e...

I have a diary entry today that says “clean like a mad woman”. Somehow my mum’s visit has crept up on me and I only have one small cleaning window before she arrives. If only I had to clean one small window everything would be fine. Instead I need t...

Inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Even the “White Elephant” stall at a fundraiser last weekend. A wintry scene in Victorian London caught my eye. It’s years since I’ve done one so thought it’d be a nice seasonal tradition to rekindle...

With all the holiday parties and festive gatherings, December can be a tough month to stick to your exercise and weight-loss goals. But you don’t have to wait until January 1 to get serious about your health. That’s the word from a handful of fitnes...

Type 2 Diabetes once known as “the old people’s disease”, is now affecting people at a much younger age. The 40-60 age groups, our working population, have the fastest rising number of diabetes diagnoses. This means that if blood glucose levels are n...

Recently I was asked to speak at my old high school’s career day on the fitness industry. To overcome my fear of teenagers, I accepted. In between snickering teenaged boys and wide-eyed stares when I told them I work out for fun, I was asked somethin...

After more than 200 years since it was first described, and more than 150 years since its association with leg clots was recognised, the pulmonary embolism remains one of the most underdiagnosed and potentially preventable causes of death. It occurs...

Commit to change. Last week, together with several colleagues, we attended the World Congress of the International Diabetes Federation in Vancouver, Canada. It truly was the “United Nations of Diabetes” as over 170 countries with 400 delegates, toge...

Dear Dr Nekia, My wife has admitted to me that she had an affair but says that she ended it with him to work on our marriage. I am angry with her and really just think that we should get a divorce. When I told her, I thought that she would say someth...

Day four of Elf on the Shelf and so far I haven’t managed to mess it up. Move the elf too early and any late-night adventurers will spot the pre-emptive strike, or worse, catch you in the act. I threw our elf into the kitchen sink one night to avoid...

Are you one of those people who are hard on themselves for not being ‘perfect’? I’ve been guilty of falling prey to this attitude and it can be quite debilitating at times. I used to think being a perfectionist was a great character trait, that it me...