Cervical Cancer Vaccine Lowers Risk Cervical cancer is becoming more prevalent amongst the under 30s in the UK and as a result, there is a changing trend in cervical cancer recommendations. We’ve long known that pap smears have been an effective…
Dr Jamieson has a huge interest in promoting preventative health, in particular, for women. In the 1980s Dr Jamieson was the first private doctor in Hong Kong to set up a well woman clinic. Later, in the 90s, she pioneered…
We spring clean our homes, our offices, our handbags (if you are a woman), so how about spring cleaning our bodies? In an ideal world — a world were we eat natural nutritious food, drink fresh spring water, breathe clean…
Improving sports performance need not all be hard slog. A visit to a Rolfer may be just the thing you need to take you to the next level. If you love sport you know that to perform better, you must…
Heart disease is a big killer but only because we let it be. Awareness of the risks, a change in diet and lifestyle and appropriate screening can have you living out a long life — in good health. Dr Jamieson…
“Have you ever felt stressed?” The answer is very probably a resounding “yes”. At the best of times Hong Kong is a stressful city, but with natural disasters like the Japanese tsunami impacting people we know and work with, there…
This article details an offer for a free session to offer trauma relief in the Japanese community cope with the results of the tsunami
Many people accept low level symptoms of illness as “normal”, living with them rather than seeking help — and a cure. Perhaps because they’re busy, perhaps because they don’t think that their “illness” will be taken seriously by the medical…
Heart disease is the number one killer of women age 35 and older…. More women actually die of heart attack (or AMI, Acute Myocardial Infarction) than breast cancer alone. Several factors that increase the risk have been identified. The more…
The mammogram debate was revived last month when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts appointed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, recommended that women at average risk start mammograms at age 50,…
Vitamin D, the powerful “sunshine” nutrient, is now known for many benefits including protection from multiple sclerosis, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Although Vitamin D deficiency had been noted more than a hundred years ago, it is only recent research…
While exposure to sunlight is thought to be a major cause of melanoma, the fact that Australian office workers have a higher incidence of melanoma than outdoor workers on the parts of the body that are usually covered suggests that…
