Professor John Studd questions why so many women are treated with antidepressant drugs by psychiatrists and GPs for what is fundamentally a hormonal disorder. In his opinion using a treatment to suppress ovulation is a far better way to get to the root cause. Severe premenstrual syndrome is characterised by psychological and behavioural symptoms caused [...]

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Minimal Access Spinal Surgery Mr Khai Lam from  Guy’s and St Thomas’ Spinal Unit and London Bridge Hospital explains why minimal access spinal surgery (MASS) is best if you need an operation for what used to be called a ‘slipped disc’, but should more accurately be referred to as ‘herniation’ in the lower spine. This [...]

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London has made some remarkable advances in the the treatment for HIV. So remarkable in fact that there is a degree of complacency, people are becoming less careful and putting themselves at higher risk of infection. There is also a worrying increase in the rate of undiagnosed disease which will inevitably place more people in [...]

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With age men increasingly get urinary symptoms that become severe enough to consider seeking treatment. Benign Prostate Hypertrophy is a non cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland which affects more than 50% of men over the age of 60. Prostate surgery (TURP) has almost completely replaced open surgery. Thanks to laser technology there is a [...]

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The prospect of breast surgery is understandably worrying and there are many important aspects to consider. You want to have an operation that puts safety first, but as far as possible preserves healthy tissue and the base for effective reconstruction. Here Professor Kefah Mokbel explains how to get the balance into perspective with specific regard [...]

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Professor Kefah Mokbel MS FRCS, Consultant Breast & Endocrine Surgeon  at St. George’s & The Princess Grace Hospitals and the London Breast Institute has written an article confirming that skin-sparing mastectomy with nipple areola complex preservation appears to be oncologically safe, provided the tumour is not close to the nipple and a frozen section protocol for [...]

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In the last few years the treatment of shoulder injuries has changed for the better and we now know that significant improvement in outcomes can be achieved with surgery as opposed to the traditional method of ‘supervised neglect’ in an old-fashioned sling. This article by Richard Sinnerton FRCS (Orth) Consultant Shoulder Surgeon, 27 Harley Street [...]

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If you’re over 40 the chances are that ongoing changes in the natural lenses of your eyes will mean you have to hold things further and further away so you can see them clearly. Until recently the condition – presbyopia – has been impossible to treat, even with laser eye surgery. Now, a state-of-the-art implantable [...]

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London Medical have introduced a rapid access one-stop approach to osteoporosis diagnosis and management. All following steps are carried out during a single visit to the London Medical clinic lasting less than two and a half hours: 1.    Refer for consideration of bone density scanning depending on the presence of acknowledged risk factors. 2. Osteoporosis [...]

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London is still the number one choice for thousands of health tourists. The capital’s teaching and private hospitals are consistently rated as the world’s best centres of excellence and with good reason; some of the most remarkable medical breakthroughs have happened in London due to our unsurpassed levels of medical academia and the intensity of [...]

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