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Covid-19, Immune systems and Neanderthals.

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Elen Samuel

Why are some groups of people, in families, in localities, from specific geographical areas, or races, more susceptible to Covid-19?  This is a huge questions for health services to answer, as they see the disease concentrating in certain areas and … Continue reading →

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Long life, Pandemics and Populations

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Elen Samuel

Do you want to live a longer life in good health?  I have  myself written quite a few articles on ageing (such as “Age doesn’t come by itself”) in this blog, so when I read about this on a popular … Continue reading →

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Why did I become a doctor?

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Elen Samuel

As the coronavirus rages about us,  for many of us it is a time of contemplation.  For one thing, we all have time to think, and the fact that some of us may shortly be facing the fight of our … Continue reading →

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Giving to Charity at Christmas

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Elen Samuel

Giving to charity is something you have to think about at Christmas time. The huge number of charity leaflets coming through the post and by email, the focus on charities by newspapers and magazines and the ongoing bad news from … Continue reading →

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Money, money, money

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Elen Samuel

Following my previous blog on people wanting it all, I think we have to ask why the British public thinks it can have everything it wants. When I started out as a GP in 1970, people did not think like … Continue reading →

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We want it all, don’t we?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Elen Samuel

I haven’t written a blog for a while. My excuses range from being too busy, to feeling that I haven’t got much to say any more. The message that I and people like me have been putting out, about the … Continue reading →

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New updated edition of “A Sceptical GP”

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Elen Samuel

Statins – The Well are Worried yet again If you are interested in this post on preventing heart problems and cancer, perhaps you would enjoy my book, “A Sceptical GP” which is full of similar stories. I have recently (August … Continue reading →

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Should you immunise your child?

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Elen Samuel

This blog is in response to a post about childhood immunizations. I did not write about it in my book, as the subject has been extensively written about elsewhere. However it is indeed a very important subject, and I am … Continue reading →

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Should Doctors Decide?

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Elen Samuel

Motor neuron disease is not uncommon, and every GP will look after some patients with it during their working life. I remember one man who was diagnosed in his early fifties. He was a teacher with teenage children, and the … Continue reading →

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The Elephant in the Flood

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Elen Samuel

As we all look at our TV screens at the devastation caused by the recent flooding of the Somerset levels, the Thames and the Severn, our thoughts turn to climate change. Storms, unstable weather, floods were all predicted years ago … Continue reading →

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