Straight to the point

Whatever happens, the future is going to be very different. It has been clear for some time that the world is running out of oil and, as a result, our lives are going to change. Here are my notes (first …

At six o’clock one evening a few years ago, I really thought my time was up.

I had spent a couple of hours working in the garden, I’d bathed, eaten and was slumped down in an easy chair with a …

Around the world, the number of adults in bad health has fallen from 10.4% to 8.6% as health care steadily improved. But in the UK, the number in bad health increased from 5.8% to 7.4%.

Moreover, recent evidence shows that …

When I was a GP I found that a good many of my patients wanted (and needed) to lose weight. I developed a dieting programme which worked well. My book Meat Causes Cancer – and other Food for Thought contains …

Hospitals are terrible places. People die in them. You should go into hospital only as a last resort. And you should escape the minute you can.

As a doctor I am ashamed, saddened and embarrassed to have to tell you …

Some things (most things) get tougher with age but a few things get easier. For example, I used to worry a lot about leaks in the roof and would always hurry to get such problems repaired. These days I am