Should you really be popping that pill?

ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR

Family days out ruined when you need to lie down somewhere dark? Or perhaps you can’t face going to the cinema or a concert, as you know it will cause a throbbing headache that you just can’t shift. Y

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Warm weather, longer days, and maybe even a holiday? The summer is finally upon us – hooray! But all that sun, tempting sugary tipples and disrupted sleep can make this time of year the perfect recipe

Festival season is in full swing and if the youth of today had a drug of choice, ketamine would be it. So popular is the drug among those under 30 that Gen Z have been dubbed Gen K. But as numbers of those using the dissociative anaesthetic recreationally soar, so too do numbers of those who can’t stop. As specialist crisis clinics open across the country, Catriona Innes meets those at the centre of this story

HEADACHE HELL Q I’ve always suffered from bad migraines, but over the last year or so these have become so frequent that I have been living off paracetamol and ibuprofen. My GP referred me to a neurol