As a Consultant Gynaecologist, practising in Harley St, I follow all the technical advances in the speciality. Hologic is a company which revolutionised the cervical smear, and developed the modern thin prep technology. Hologic then developed NovaSure, a second generation endometrial ablation treatment for heavy periods. Again this radically changed our practice, and in 2021, […]
Over a hundred thousand women have benefitted from using the Ballerine IUD for contraception. This novel coil is available in thirty countries, and I originally reviewed the Ballerine coil for the daily mail. At the time, this coil was being promoted as a safe alternative and most important of all comfortable form of intra-uterine contraception. […]
As a Private Gynaecologist working in Harley Street, London. I am now seeing many more patients, who cannot access NHS GPs or are referred for NHS Gynaecology appointments. Vestibulitis is treatable but a difficult condition to manage, and I am struck by how much women with this condition suffer. These conditions require a face-to-face consultation […]
As a partner of Sapien Care Group it has been a privilege to work with Stafford Lightman FRS on this platform. Last week Prof Peter Barnes’s group from the Brompton and Oxford presented their exciting date on inhaled steroids. The findings are exciting inhaled steroids prevent severe respiratory disease even in non asthmatics. A great […]
Now I know I’m not alone. I’m not going mad’ At gatherings across the UK, women can discuss menopausal symptoms, tips, and worries in a confidential, inspiring environment… Read More
One common cause of pelvic pain, painful periods, as well as painful sex and painful bowel movements is endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition where cells normally found in the lining of the uterus / womb grow elsewhere in the body e.g. in the fallopian tubes, ovaries or along the pelvis. These cells, however, still behave […]
We’ve all recently heard the news about The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) reporting a 40% drop in the number of people in the UK, male and female, undergoing cosmetic surgery. The BAAPS figures also show that the fall among women was actually 47.8 %. The sort or cosmetic procedures referred to in […]
The results of a recent study have shown that a sizeable minority, almost 1 in 10 of women in the UK, experience pain during sex. The findings, from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3), are significant because they come from the largest scientific study of sexual health lifestyles in the UK. […]
You may well have heard on the news this month about the widely publicised results of a study published in the BMJ journal’s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin which indicate that multivitamin and mineral supplements are unlikely to be needed by most pregnant women. The main message about taking multivitamins during pregnancy to come out of […]
A recent Medical News Today article has highlighted the results of a study carried out by an international team. The study identified 5 new gene regions that may increase the risk of a woman developing endometrial cancer. In order to identify the genetic variants this latest study used the DNA of more than 7,000 women […]
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