Neuropathy – the unknown condition

Winter aggravates this side effect Neuropathy causes hands and feet to feel numb, tingly and painful, especially in winter. In the summer, my legs can just give up! A few years ago, I lived with the hope that peripheral neuropathy would disappear over time. Although I...

MD Anderson

John Mendelson Most cancer patients in Britain will never have heard of John Mendelsohn, president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 1996 to 2011. But cancer patients all over the world should be grateful for the work he oversaw at this...

Don’t fob patients off who can help with NHS

Time-wasting exercise? Brace yourselves! Yet another plan is beng hatched by the gurus in the Dept. Health  determined to undermine any slight improvements hard-working NHS staff have managed to sort out.  They just can’t leave well alone, but are about to...

Re-cycling after Christmas

My first Christmas in the country since I was a child produced two delightful surprises.  First one was on Christmas Eve, I had woken up to a painful, puffy eye, the long-term consequences of Tamoxifen treatment which sometimes returns, and had chosen that day to...