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What is adrenal fatigue?

WCP Staff November, 2021

Are you exhausted and feel like you’re running on empty? Then you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue is not a disease diagnosis but rather a fact that your adrenals are exhausted and finding it difficult to function at an optimal level and struggling to perform all the […]

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BRÓD November, 2021

by Mark Holland What is BROD about, like ‘what do we do?’ is a question we keep asking ourselves. We know what we are for but what are we actually doing? It’s possibly a question that a lot of Local Community Groups (LCGs) have been asking themselves lately, for different […]

The concept of frailty in the elderly

Dr Jeff Featherstone November, 2021

So much has happened this month, I really don’t know where to start. I will let you into a trade secret. The hardest job I have in A&E is referring on to the surgeons and medics for further care: It can be confrontational, as the specialists try and protect their […]

Treating head lice naturally

Hannah Dare November, 2021

This month I am continuing my theme of natural solutions for your children’s health problems with a close-up look at one of the least pleasant experiences: head lice. I experienced this once with my daughter when she was about two, and it did really throw me! So much so that […]

Warming Pho hits the spot

Karen Austin November, 2021

November brings us to the moment where we appreciate big bowls of warm food, and Pho fills that spot beautifully. Pho, which is pronounced Fur – not a P in sight, is the national Vietnamese noodle dish. This comforting bowl of slurpy noodles manages to be not only nourishing but […]

World leaders drive us towards a climate change cliff edge as grassroots organisations close to home work for change

Fiona Hayes November, 2021

An IPCC special report states that the world needs to almost halve emissions over the next decade and reach net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century in order to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. The report labelled global warming as a ‘code red for humanity’. […]

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