Preoperative tests are a set of tests that are carried out before a planned  operation. They are done to ensure that key aspects of health

I’ve just read that WPA has been announced as the only Which? recommended health insurance provider for the second year running. Congratulations to them. You can

Dr Jo Burrell and Dr Felicity Baker who are both clinical psychologists and co-founders of Ultimate Resilience have published the results of their survey into the

Do you know www.iesogroup.com. ? They are the main digital provider for anxiety/depression treatment for the NHS.  I’m currently helping them to explore the crossover into the

I am one of 100k+ people in the UK to download the Five Lives assessment and coaching App – a digital brain health platform for

Recently had the pleasure of meeting with Simon Shepard of Your Brain Health who describe themselves as  ‘a network of highly skilled clinicians dedicated to

This is a really good piece explaining the gut-brain axis, including how everything we eat and drink affects our brain function. Quite literally food for

Happy New Year ! I fervently hope that in 2024,  we see more honesty and greater transparency in all areas of public life. Particularly when

Here’s a LinkedIn post by empowerment coach Dean Griffiths that I think is worth sharing in full. It begs the question as to how testosterone testing

From some initial research I’m doing into the role testosterone plays in health, wellbeing and workplace performance, it’s becoming clear that there is a real

I’m very interested in following the progress of this new proposition to reduce anxiety. Visit the website here https://rogalife.com/ Co-founder and Chief Scientist is Dr

This is a very interesting post from Amen clinics. Is It Depression or Just Your Hormones? It makes me wonder how often people suffering from

I found this article on decreasing levels of testosterone fascinating. Why are men’s testosterone levels decreasing? With symptoms including lethargy, impaired sleep patterns, low mood,

Most people would say the same age as the rest of their body. Which is correct, physically.  However, do you know your brain’s functional age? The

Caught up recently with Tim Routledge, co-founder of BIOstress who are looking to revolutionise workplace stress using biometric data. To date, much of the measurement of

This is the title of a recently published report by researchers from Oxford and Harvard Universities. You can read it here  https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8652ce7e-7bde-449f-a5e7-6b0d0bcc3605 Much of it

I have yet to read a better article on cognitive health at work than this one featured in OHS Canada The main conclusion is that

I’ve just come across this video from Amen Clinics about their approach to managing brain health. Never heard of them before but it asks some

Dr David Lee of Sleep Unlimited has written a wonderful analogy for the relationship between sleep, mental health and memory.   Here’s an extract ‘If you imagine

‘One third of managers don’t know how to support employee mental health’  That’s the headline for this article which reports on a recent survey from Mental

In a recent Mind survey of 5,000 adults, 36% said they never discuss their mental health.  No doubt many of that 36% may want to

This is the title of a recent podcast featuring Dr Ruth Allan and Dr Wolfgang Seidl.  You can view it by clicking on this link.

Whilst this short article addresses the clinical community, I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in their brain health. It really makes the

Last week I met up with two longstanding friends. Both well educated and in high profile jobs. When the conversation turned to my interest in

I found this interview with Dr Nicola Gates compelling and insightful. It covers the following: – How women’s hormones change and signal the bookend to

I feel sick to the stomach every time I read about previously healthy individuals, at no statistically meaningful risk from Covid, being seriously injured or

The Society of Occupational Medicine ( SOM ) has recently published this guide to managing Long Covid in the Workforce. Problems with cognition are very

I recently wrote about this article on LinkedIn. It’s about managing cognitive health in retirement but makes no mention of the value of assessing cognition

For anyone like me who didn’t appreciate that there are 6 main causes of Burnout, this article highlights them: Unsustainable workload Perceived lack of control/autonomy

I’ve just read a social media post stating that in the UK, 1 in 14 people aged 65 and over are diagnosed with dementia. Not

Like me, if you read any online media such as LinkedIn,  you will be constantly bombarded with a range of pretty vacuous sayings and phrases

I have a good friend who is a GP. Hadn’t seen him for ages until we met up last month. He was very interested in

I must admit to not knowing just how much surgical procedures can affect cognition as described in this article from The Observer. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction

As the author of this article says, you don’t need to be a neurologist to understand the how and why of exercise’s effects on your

Yesterday, I sat in on a Mental Health Awareness webinar where one of the guest presenters said that in their organisation, completing mental health awareness

    I found this interview with Dr Mark Rego very interesting. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018830340/frontal-fatigue-how-technology-is-overstressing-our-brain  He shares his thoughts on why mental illness and stress are skyrocketing