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Private Cancer Screening at The London General Practice
Private Cancer Screening at The London General PracticeHere at The London General Practice, we have spoken to world renowned consultants and reviewed screening guidelines around the world. Most National guidelines are geared towards screening populations rather than...
Tomatoes and Prostate Cancer
Can Tomatoes reduce the risk of Prostate Cancer? Express - October 2022GP Dr Paul Ettinger, private London GP, discusses the benefits of tomatoes in reducing the risks of Prostate Cancer. Dr Ettinger states that the "lycopene found in tomato skins, and one lycopene...
Signs of bowel Cancer
What are the first signs of Bowel cancer? Express October 2022 Dr Angela Rai, General Practitioner at The London General Practice features in The Express outlining some of the first Bowel cancer symptoms to look out for. Bowel cancer is the 4th most common type of...
Musical Rhythm and Short-Term Memory
An interesting paper published in the Psychological and Cognitive Sciences 3rd October 2020, by Zanto, Johnson, Ostrand and Gazzaley reviewed whether musical training would benefit non-musical tasks and whether the brain was able to transfer the benefit of...
Menstrual Migraines
Menstrual migraines WUKA - October 2022Dr Stuart Sanders, Private London GP, discusses some of the reasons for Menstrual Migraines. Around three times more women than men are reported to suffer from migraines, with up to 60% linking them to their menstrual cycle. Dr...
The Association Between Social Media Use, Personality Structure and The Development of Depression
An interesting article published in the Journal of Affective Disorders by Merrill, Cao and Primack5 2022 sought to understand this. Whilst longitudinal studies demonstrate associations between social media use and the development of depression, it is not clear...
Long COVID October 2022
Professor Stebbings in his Sunday weekly article looks at various issues surrounding this difficult subject. He surmises that as a whole, the world was slow to recognise long COVID as one of the most serious consequences of the pandemic. Long...
What you need to know about Prostate Cancer
What you need to know about Prostate Cancer The Bournemouth Echo Dr Sanjay Mehta, GP at The London General Practice, discusses Prostate Cancer with the Bournemouth Echo. Prostate cancer effects 1 in 8 men making it the most common cancer in the UK for males. With...
Preventative Health Screening
Private GP London: Preventative Health ScreeningSUMMER HEALTH & FITNESS August 2022 Dr Angela Rai, Private GP at The London General Practice, discusses the the benefits of Health Screening. Health Screening, as part of a preventative package,means that signs of...
Focus on… Vitamin D
Private GP London: Focus on Vitamin D Summer Health & Fitness August 2022 Dr Angela Rai, Private GP at The London General Practice, discusses the importance and benefits and of Vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for healthy teeth and bones and helps regulate...
