Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from Monday 15 – Sunday 21 May 2023. The official theme for this year, as set by the Mental Health Foundation, is ‘anxiety’. What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a common emotion that we have all experienced at some point in our lives. It is defined as unreasonable fear. People […]
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Ronald Reagan, his eyesight and contact lenses Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was so nearsighted that – as a college football player, his vision was limited to the square yard of turf occupied by the opposing […]
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Donald Trump – 45th president of the United States (2017 -2021) – has rosacea, a reddening skin condition that he takes antibiotics to combat. Makeup artists have also speculated that Trump’s facial colouring suggests he uses self-tanner or a tanning bed – partly to make him look younger and partly to cover up the […]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States (1933 -1945), began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fever; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperaesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery. Rare photograph of […]
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A food allergy is a result of your immune system getting confused by the structural similarity between proteins found in pollen or the harmless proteins found in certain foods. Perceiving the latter as a threat, it releases immunoglobulin E (IgE), which activates an allergic reaction. This involves the release of chemicals such as histamine, […]
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John F Kennedy (JFK)’s complex medical and surgical history The 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy (JFK), had a complex medical and surgical history that is now thought to be an autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 with Addison’s disease and hypothyroidism. He also had gastrointestinal symptoms from adolescence, which now fit well […]
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Lyndon Johnson and his kidney stone Lyndon Baines Johnson – often referred to by his initials ‘LBJ’ – was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He previously served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 under President John F. Kennedy, and was sworn in shortly after Kennedy’s assassination. […]
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When the future King Edward VII came down with appendicitis (or ‘perityphlitis’, as it was called back then) in June 1902, mortality rates for the disease were over 25%. It was about two weeks before his scheduled coronation on June 26, 1902; and Edward resisted having an appendectomy, which was then a relatively new […]
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Yes, a little. The government and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced the Pharmacy First plan for England today. The DHSC should be applauded for this new plan and investment. It brings England into line with services available in Scotland and Wales. In the system, that fully launches next year, you will […]
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The cause of King Charles’ sausage fingers (and toes) have been much debated. Could they due to dactylitis, and psoriasis-related? MyHSN thinks dactylitis is the most likely diagnosis. This is most commonly associated with psoriatic arthritis. But it can be associated with all of the spondyloarthropathies. These include: Ankylosing spondylitis Inflammatory bowel disease-related […]
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