Your Health Matters

Our practice nurse Anne talks through the vaccinations to consider before travelling, from Hepatitis A and Typhoid to Yellow Fever and Rabies, plus practical advice on avoiding bites and managing your medication while you are away.

Dr Dasgupta discusses other key cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, blood sugar, kidney function and body weight and why a holistic approach is crucial for long term health.

This episode explores how doctors assess overall cardiovascular risk factors, combining blood tests, family history and lifestyle factors to create a personalised prevention plan.

In this podcast, Dr Dasgupta explains how cholesterol contributes to cardiovascular disease, why early detection is important and how new screening like ApoB and Lipoprotein (a) can help identify risk earlier.

Dr Andrew Jackson explores why healthy lifestyle choices are not always enough and how modern, evidence based medications can play a vital supportive role. A clear, reassuring discussion on genetics, prevention, and safe prescribing in clinical practice.

In this episode, Dr Jackson shares his advice on how nutrition, exercise, and sunlight exposure can support your mood, metabolism, and immune health through the darker months.

Dr Jackson explains how to strengthen your immune system through Vitamin D, flu vaccination, and comprehensive health checks, helping you reduce your risk of winter infections like flu and COVID-19.

Weight management has entered a new era. For many, weight loss has long been associated with diets and willpower, but science now recognises obesity as a chronic medical condition, one that requires ongoing care, just like high blood pressure or diabetes.

In our latest podcast episode, Dr Sonali Dasgupta shares her expert perspective on modern weight loss treatments, the science behind them, and what the future may hold for patients seeking long-term, sustainable results.

This month, Dr Cemile Maden joined our podcast to talk about common vulval conditions, how they present, how they’re treated, and why early diagnosis can make such a difference.

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Cemile Maden to the My Specialist GP team.

With over 10 years’ experience as a GP, Dr Maden is a true generalist who values building long-term relationships with her patients. She joins us with a particular focus on women’s health with specialist training and qualifications, offering expert care in contraception and beyond.She joins with Miss Rosie Grainger in offering Gynae procedures to our patients.