by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog Post, General
World Cancer Day Today marks World Cancer Day where we honour those impacted by cancer. I’ve been an integrative cancer doctor for over 25 years and have heard hundreds of stories of people’s journey through cancer and helped many people living with and beyond a...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog Post, General
Nourishing Your Mind and Body After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Last night I was joined by NCIM Nutritional Therapist Lillian Klein who specialises in breast cancer nutrition. Together we talked about the importance of nutrition following a breast cancer diagnosis and...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Jan 23, 2025 | Blog Post, General
Winter Wellness: Tips for Staying Strong This Season Being in the midst of a so called quademic (a wave of winter virus’ including flu, RSV, norovirus and COVID-19) and numbers rising exponentially in our hospitals, the media seems to be reporting on very little...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Dec 5, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Beyond the Tears: Understand and Coping with Grief “Whenever we think about loss, we need to think about love” Julia Samuel As a palliative care doctor who has worked in cancer care for over thirty years, I have experienced my fair share of death both...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Nov 14, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Prescribing Wellness: Lifestyle Medicine by GP’s Perhaps it will come as no surprise to anyone, that I applauded the recent news that GP’s were urged to embed lifestyle medicine into primary care at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual...