Do hormones affect weight? Many women going through the perimenopause and menopause will experience unwanted symptoms. These can range from hot flushes to brain fog, night sweats to fatigue, and – you guessed it – weight gain. The drop in oestrogen and fluctuating...
October 18th every year is world menopause day. The day is held to raise awareness of the menopause and the health conditions that can accompany this natural stage of a women’s life. For a lot of patients that we see who are entering the menopause, they have come to...
Diabetes: The Facts Currently, there are 5 million estimated cases of diabetes in the UK 9 in 10 cases are type 2 diabetes, a preventable variant of the condition By 2030, estimations say over 17 million of us could have, or be at risk of, type 2 diabetes Type 2...
What Is High Blood Pressure? High Blood Pressure is a common condition where the pressure of your blood against your blood vessel walls is consistently raised. The more pressure your blood comes under as it pumps around the body, the higher your blood pressure reading...
At The Slimming Clinic, we specialise in doctor led weight loss programmes. This includes the use of prescription weight loss medications to support those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 27. In this blog, we’re going to explore our most frequently asked questions...
In shocking new statistics released by Cancer Research, they have found that 71% of the UK population, around 42 million people, will be overweight or obese by 2040. This is a sharp rise from the 64% of people already classed as overweight or obese within the UK and...
