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Hay fever rears its head with a vengeance!
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Yesterday evening I jumped out of my car and directly onto my bike to cycle to the Andrew Robson Bridge Club. It was a wonderful warm sunny evening and Wandsworth Common was covered in bodies all making the most of the glorious day. Picnicking, playing games and generally enjoying themselves. I parked my bike and […]
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In The News: Regulation is important!
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Fortunately, there is a good deal of research which demonstrates safety, as long as rigorous standards are applied. Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline© is a service started by doctors who fully understand the importance of quality and safety regulation. All our doctors have been involved in CQC inspections in the course of their work […]
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Contraception – from crocodile dung to female condoms and beyond
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Contraception has been a pre-occupation among men and women for as long as written records go back – although more for illicit relationships than for married couples. Early Egyptian papyri (from around 1550 BCE), for instance, proposed a number of different methods to avoid pregnancy. Advice included placing honey, acacia leaves and lint in the […]
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Bleeding after sex
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Written by Karen Morton, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline There are many causes of bleeding after sex, including: Infections such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) STI such as chlamydia Physical damage to the vagina, such as that caused by friction during sex, or childbirth Vaginal dryness Polyps […]
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When is an ovarian cyst simply the norm?
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This week I have had a glut of cysts! The word ‘cyst’ sounds like something to be worried about, and of course sometimes it is, but more often than not it is a nothing. An incidental finding when a woman is being investigated for a symptom which leads to a scan of one sort or […]
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The placenta……almost the most amazing bit of all!
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The baby is out and the mother is enraptured, enjoying some ‘skin to skin’ with this miracle of creation. ‘Can you believe you made him?’ I say, and then I ask for another push, as I have noticed signs of placental separation. This means that the placenta has given up its grip on the wall […]
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Gynaecology – What a fortunate life to have a career I love!
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There’s a patient under there somewhere! I am a surgeon. I love being a surgeon. I love being in the operating theatre and I love making people better. It is a privilege to earn a living this way. That said, I am a very ‘anti-surgery surgeon’ and I would never ever have an operation unless […]
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Women’s Health and how it’s fuelling the Gender Pay Gap
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Nobody can deny the fact that there are relatively few women in the boardroom or flying jumbo jets. They are, of course, over-represented in hospitality and the caring professions such as nursing. That might be because of gender stereotyping right from the word go with pink for girls and blue for boys, and Barbie for […]
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Gross negligence manslaughter: can that be right?
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As an experienced hospital consultant working in a high pressure speciality (obstetrics) I feel I am entitled to have an opinion about the original prosecution of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba in 2015, and about the GMC’s actions through the High Court this week, successfully over-turning the Medical Practitioner’s Tribunal Service decision to have the doctor’s GMC […]
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Casebook Episode 6: Dementia and Consent
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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 sixth episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! We all know that our country must address the problem of an ageing population. By 2020 there will be 22,000 people of 100 years of age or older. […]
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