Category: <span>Liver</span>

It’s said that you can have too much of a good thing. Working hard is commendable but workaholism can damage health and relationships. Rain is good for the earth but flooding is not. Exercise promotes health but overtraining risks injury....

Our director, practice manager and Registered Nurse, Nicole, has helped many patients to live a healthier life after a diagnosis of fatty liver disease. Here, she shares her top tips on a sustainable fatty liver diet and the best type...

If you’re struggling with tiredness due to low iron levels, your doctor may recommend an iron infusion.  But could the iron infusion itself make you tired? Is that a real thing? And if it is, could a glass of Coke...

Fatty liver disease, often silent in its early stages, can have significant impacts on your health and daily life if left unmanaged. So, what is it and how do you know if you’ve got it?  What is fatty liver disease?...

Imagine it’s a beautiful Saturday morning and you’re at the local farmer’s market, sipping a coffee and browsing the stalls. You decide to buy some apples and carefully select those with bright, firm skin. When you get home, you put...

Low iron levels sap your energy, making it hard to keep up with the demands of daily life.  Often, you’ve had these symptoms for a while before you see your GP and get a blood test. Then there may be...

Imaging is one of the marvels of modern medicine. It allows doctors to examine the health of your body’s internal organs, bones and joints without cutting you open.  One of your most important organs is the liver. While we can...

When you step back and think about it, scanning is really quite amazing. It lets us look inside your body to check your bones, soft tissues or internal organs. Scanning has truly revolutionised medicine. Before X-rays, it wasn’t always easy...

If you were asked to name some signs of ageing, you might think of wrinkly skin, grey hair or poor eyesight. Age-related changes go much further than that, though. Your blood vessels and airways become more rigid, your bones weaken...