ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR

Q My husband suffers from depression. How can I help him? A When someone you love has depression, it can be hard to know what to do. The most important thing is to be kind and patient. Depression is a

Even if nobody in your family has asthma, if you’re regularly around children you’ve probably seen inhalers used for asthma treatment. Asthma is really common – it affects at least 1 in 10 children an

Each time your heart beats, it pumps blood through your arteries – the vessels that carry blood to your brain and the rest of your body. The force of that flow is your blood pressure. It’s normal for

As a medical student, I had a total of two weeks’ training in dermatology – the specialty for skin diseases. That made it a bit of a shock when I entered general practice, where every other patient se

ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR