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Q My new boss at work is making my life awful – and it’s affecting my health. I’m having trouble sleeping and I just feel anxious all the time waiting for her to find fault with me. My husband says I

Q Our daughter fell off during a horse riding lesson. We took her to the local A&E department and they said she had broken two ribs. They sent her home with painkillers but didn’t strap her chest, whi

Q A while ago, I was diagnosed with depression when my first marriage broke up. I took medication for a year and, with help from my GP and friends, I thought I was fully recovered. Happily, I’m now re

Dr Elise Dallas is a GP whose expertise you can trust

How quickly can food poisoning start? Q I was out with my friends two nights ago. I had a paella with prawns and within half an hour, I felt so unwell that I had to leave. I was violently sick that ni

Q Over the last few years, I have been really struggling with increasingly heavy periods. My GP referred me on to a gynaecologist who did a hysteroscopy and a biopsy test. The results have come back a