Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: Research into cold water therapy continues, focusing on the positive impact on health. There are various mechanisms involved, including stimulation of the Vagus nerve which supports better balance within the autonomic nervous system. Using cold stimulation of the neck, Jungmann et al demonstrated an increase in HRV (heart rate variability) and [...]

Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a poorly understood condition which is difficult to manage although patients seem to be advised to take a variety of different drugs with different mechanisms to see if they can manage the symptoms.  The article below from George Lundberg, MD suggests a possible link with sugar [...]

Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “I wrote a section about pancreatic cancer in my iBook a number of years ago, partly as a close friend of mine had died of pancreatic cancer (a pescetarian) and also at the time Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple (a fruitarian) had also died of this particularly difficult to diagnose [...]

Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “I think the takeaway message is in the title, adequate protein intake in midlife tied to healthy aging, is the important message. And by the way, adequate protein intake is critical, for most other bodily functions as well not just healthy aging. One conclusion from the research below was that Physicians [...]

Money worries rank nearly as high as being a carer or suffering bereavement or divorce, study reveals Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “Dr Hans Selye, the Hungarian- Canadian endocrinologist was also known as, the “father of stress”. He was one of the first scientists to reserach the connection between stress and ill health in the 1970’s. [...]

Two in three people worldwide carry the Helicobacter pylori bacterium. Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “I have posted previously about how my lovely mother asked me to develop a “managing cognitive decline protocol”. It’s an interesting story. https://www.thehealthequation.co.uk/managing-cognitive-decline/  One of the interesting things was that several years ago, she had some gastrointestinal symptoms which her medical [...]

Experts say ‘prehabilitation’ should become part of routine oncology care protocols to boost patients’ chances. Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “The concept of prehabilitation has been around for a long time, especially in the relation to orthopaedic operations, that’s not of course to say that most patients engage with prehabilitation! Sometimes it’s difficult enough, getting patients to do [...]

Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “A nice article from Medscape below with an interview between a doctor and a patient regarding things that patients can do to better manage their blood glucose, in this case, adopting a good sleep pattern. There are many benefits of good quality sleep, including managing glucose via the following mechanism. When [...]

Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: The main aim of my approach to the diagnosis and treatment of headache and migraine is to adopt an integrated approach and to explore the often-multiple causative factors or triggers, there’s no doubt that whilst patients are trying to work through these strategies with my help and treatment, it’s still useful [...]

Gerry Gajadharsingh writes: “I remember in the anxiety driven early days of the COVID-19 pandemic (not including me though despite being a 60 year old BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnic) with asthma having worked through the entire pandemic in healthcare face to face with patients), wondering what sort of advice I could share with [...]