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‘Is it hot in here or is it me?’
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Here’s the fifth episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! ‘If I had a pound for every time I have said that I would be a rich woman’ I heard my mother say that when I was a […]
The breast surgeon who developed breast cancer: Liz O’Riordan’s story
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Written by the Dr Morton’s team Ahead of World Cancer Day on February 4th 2017, we are sharing the story of consultant breast surgeon Liz O’Riordan (known professionally as Liz Ball). As part of her job, she diagnosed, investigated and treated breast cancer for years, but the last thing she expected was to be diagnosed […]
How I decide whether to do a Caesarean Section: an Obstetrician’s tale
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline I’ve been an obstetrician for 25 years now, and I still find it difficult to predict a woman’s psychology concerning how to have a baby. You might think that the 40-year-old woman who eventually conceived with IVF might be the […]
Escaping Unhappiness
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Written by Tim Cantopher, Dr Morton’s Consultant Psychiatrist and Author See Dr Morton’s page Relieve Depression It might surprise you to know that the mildest states of depression typically last longer than severe clinical depressive episodes. Mild depression doesn’t respond to antidepressants either. When you think about it though, it makes sense. Severe depression is […]
Sexism in the operating theatre? – I don’t think so
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Written by Karen Morton, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline I listened (as I always do on my way down the A3 to the Royal Surrey Hospital) with interest to the Today Programme yesterday morning, to hear a lady consultant urologist from Stafford talking about sexism in the operating theatres of […]
Dr Karen Morton on cervical cancer symptoms
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Things that go thump in the night
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Written by Dr Patrick Heck, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s protect my heart Palpitations , missed beats , butterflies , thumps , extra beats and flutters are all terms that people use to describe some of the funny heart rhythms they experience. I work […]
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