Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
A FEW months ago I interviewed the GP and ultra-marathon runner Andrew Murray, shortly after he had been appointed Scotland’s physical activity champion.
Westminster City Council will issue a report on an initiative today that would see obese people's benefits penalised if they fail to turn up to GP prescribed activity sessions.
A NEW weight–management programme designed to tackle the obesity crisis through education, exercise programmes and access to healthy foods in the local community, is being rolled out in GP surgeries across Bridgend. … Public Health Wales is working …
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It is well known that keeping off weight lost through dieting is difficult. Instead, they should see a dietitian or their GP if they are struggling to maintain or reach a healthy weight. The study was carried out by researchers from the University of …
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A MELBOURNE doctor who has actively supported Ian Gawler says he no longer believes the alternative therapies guru had the secondary cancer from which Dr Gawler claims to have cured himself. In December, cancer specialists Ian Haines and Ray Lowenthal …
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Should alternative medicine be available on the NHS Last on 19 Feb 2012 ….. Unfortunately the GP has it wrong We dont not use alternative medicine in the …
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| A Picton doctor has questioned the use of alternative medicine to treat a 9-year-old Nelson boy who has a rare form of cancer. John Welch said he could not understand why a Mapua doctor was using "minerals, herbs and supplements" to treat the cancer … See all stories on this topic » |
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PEOPLE in Lincolnshire with a variety of medical conditions are being encouraged to speak to their GP about exercise referral. Funded by NHS Lincolnshire and managed by Lincolnshire Sports Partnership, the scheme is a 12 week programme of low or no …
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PEOPLE in Lincolnshire who have medical conditions which may benefit from exercise are being encouraged to speak to their local GP about what's on offer in their area. Lincolnshire Sports Partnership says every district offers Exercise Referral; …
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29 (UPI) — A Tennessee government agency has tapped General Physics Corp. of Maryland to implement a comprehensive homeland security exercise program. The award from the Tennessee Department of Safety Office of Homeland Security is worth $2.9 million. …
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Dr Geoff Jolliffe, lead GP for Barrow, said: “Health professionals try to talk to families and parents as well, and try and be positive and encourage people to lose weight through a healthy, balanced diet and by being more active. …
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| In the NHS-funded study, Professor Aveyard, of Birmingham University, tracked 140 obese men and women as they tried different weight–loss strategies. These included one-to-one sessions with their GP, practice nurse or pharmacist, attending the Health … See all stories on this topic » |
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