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It’s time to take control of our health; hard data is what the doctor needs!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Founder and Medical Director of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Published 25 May 2020 We are monitoring our own health more intensively than ever before! In truth it started long before the COVID-19 pandemic with Apps to download to record everything from your menstrual cycle to trying to be […]
The Makwala Episode
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Written by Dr Carey Wolfe General Practitioner, member of the London 2012 Olympics medical team, Sports Physician and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline The World Athletics Championships have been in the sporting limelight for the past few days, but not always for the right reasons. Should Isaac Makwala of Botswana have been […]
Mums to be: protect your baby by getting the whooping cough vaccine!
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Written by Dr Ben G Marshall Dr Morton’s Consultant Respiratory Physician In recent years, the UK – along with many other developed countries around the world – has seen a significant rise in cases of adult whooping cough. Though at first, this may not seem that important, it actually poses a very real threat to […]
The Facts Behind Fevers
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Written by Dr Andy Eaton General Practitioner and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s advice page: Soothe a fever Fevers. We all get them at some point in our lives. But what actually causes fever? Dr Andy Eaton gives us a glimpse of the science behind high temperatures. What’s the […]
Zika: the latest in a long line of infectious pandemics
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Written by Karen Morton, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s page: Zika, microcephaly, Guillain-Barré and Brazil With Zika virus making headlines so soon after the Ebola crisis, we as human beings are left wondering if we can ever combat the constant stream of infectious diseases. […]
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