What is Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar is a mental health condition which has an impact on your mood, and can cause your mood to swing between two extremes. In the past, it was referred to as “manic depression”. This was the phrase used to describe…
The Health And Fitness Benefits Of Lifting Weights
If you’ve ever been to a gym, you know the guy I’m about to talk about. The guy that wears that weird tank top. He screams every time he lifts a weight, and you’re sure that vein in his head…
Things You Might Not Know About Asperger Syndrome
#Autismawareness #Aspergerssyndrome #Aspergers In the 1980s, British psychiatrist Lorna Wing developed and introduced the concept of Asperger syndrome. The condition is named after an Austrian paediatrician named Hans Asperger, who studied and wrote about children who exhibited the condition in…
Maintaining a Gluten free diet
You love to eat bread, cake, pasta and well frankly…most foods, but after many years of feeling bloated and getting uncontrollable gas after indulging in your favourites you begin to realise that your body seems to have a problem with…
Is Coeliac Disease Something You Can Grow Out Of?
One common myth surrounding coeliac disease is that it’s something you can simply outgrow. Unfortunately, it’s not true. You will have the condition for life following diagnosis (assuming that your diagnosis is correct). The idea that children can outgrow coeliac…
3 Famous Celebs who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis: How disability looks different in 2019
What is Multiple Sclerosis What do Montel Williams, Jack Osborne and Selma Blair have in common? All three celebrities have been diagnosed and suffer with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an often disabling disease of the central nervous system.…
Life With Testicular Cancer: Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the name given to a type of cancer treatment which kills cancer cells through the use of medication. There are lots of different chemotherapy drugs available, but the way they work is generally the same or similar. They…
Multiple Sclerosis: Swank Diet
Having been the subject of MS research for more than 50 years, the Swank diet is likely the most well-known of the many diets suggested for people with multiple sclerosis. Developed in the 1940s, the low-fat diet is named after…
My child is like me…she’s an insomniac
So I am what is termed an ‘insomniac.’ I wear the badge proudly and instead of fighting my nature I have learned to embrace it. Unfortunately, I am now reconciling with the fact that my daughter too is also an…
7 Top Tips for Weight Loss in 2019
So 2019 has arrived and it’s a new year…new you? Honestly how many times have we heard that one? The truth is the only thing that has changed is the year. You, the person, remains the same, with one slight…