Need to get your life back?

The body is a marvellous machine but it’s also a complicated one and when it stops working smoothly it can have a huge effect on your life. In my patients this often presents itself in an underactive or overactive thyroid  in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

  • So, can’t remember the last time you felt well?
  • Feeling worried about getting your condition under control?
  • Confused about the conflicting advice?

As a central London-based endocrinologist I provide expert help for people struggling with many and varied endocrine disorders.

My job is to help diagnose the exact problem, restore your health and assist you to contend with related challenges you may face on a daily basis

I’m honoured to be a 2021 Top Doctors Award Winner, which is the second occasion I have received the reward. This is a recognition of the best medical specialists as nominated by their peers for their expertise, experience and clinical abilities, and acknowledges the time, care and attention given to every patient.

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Waist Circumference and Diabetes

Obesity and diabetes are linked   According to a July 2014 paper from Public Health England,  obese adults are five...
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The increased risk of Diabetes and ethnicity

You might be surprised to know that Type 2 diabetes prevalence is strongly associated with ethnicity.  According to a recent...
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The effects of thyroid homones on the skeleton

Endocrinology is such a large subject that we are constantly refining our understanding of it.   So this post highlights...
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Vitamin D deficiency and diabetes – a recent study

Some newspapers have recently picked up on a Spanish study which examines the links between vitamin D, obesity and diabetes...
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About Hypogonadism and those low testosterone levels

One of the most common reasons people go to their GP is because of chronic tiredness. This is often due...
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How replacement Thyroxine came about

You might be surprised to know that the history of thyroid hormone replacement goes back over a hundred years ago...
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Can I eat fruit if I’m trying to lose weight

You may be reading two things:   1. Fruit is good for you 2. Fructose is as bad as sugar...
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The importance of maintaining good levels of Iodine

Did you know that Iodine is essential for the manufacture of the hormone thyroxine in the body? Why is that important? Well...
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Could you have Hypothyroidism?

We know that Hypothyroidism affects about one million British women, with Hashimoto’s  (where the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid) being...
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I’m on Levothyroxine for an underactive thyroid but I still don’t feel well

It’s estimated that one million people within the UK are on levothyroxine with the most common cause being hypothyroidism (underactive...
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Management of primary hypothyroidism: statement by the British Thyroid Association Executive Committee

If our bodies were indeed identical machines rather like the images on my website treatment would be simple, straightforward and...
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Should all pregnant women be screened for gestational diabetes?

In January 2014, by way of tackling gestational diabetes, the Preventive Services  Task Force in the USA announced that it...
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Do I have a goitre?

When a thyroid gland is enlarged it causes a visible swelling on the front of the neck this is called...
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What time should I take my Levothyroxine?

Despite levothyroxine being the treatment of choice for those with an underactive thyroid there are few guidelines in term of...
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Osteoporosis treatment and its current challenges

Osteoporosis is recognised as a common disease of major importance in day to day health care. It is a disease...
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About Graves Orbitopathy

It is common for the onset of thyroid eye disease – referred to as Graves Orbitopathy (or GO) - to...
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Hypocalcaemia – description, symptoms, causes and treatment

Hypocalcaemia is the term for an abnormally low level of calcium in the body. Although it is an uncommon condition,...
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How to keep insulin levels down for the ideal PCOS diet

Because young women with PCOS often have higher levels of insulin in their blood, it can be tricky avoiding weight...
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Thyroid problems and trying to conceive

Since the thyroid’s job is to control your metabolism, a change in the hormones it produces can have a negative...
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What’s the difference between Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease which means that the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the insulin producing beta...
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