Tom Smith

Osteoporosis affects around three million people in the UK, and bone loss can begin as early as the late teens and early 20s. Broken bones due to osteoporosis mean that the disease is at a very advanced stage, and, while doctors can help greatly with modern drugs, some damage is irreversible. But, equally, early attention can prevent osteoporosis...

Do you state your problem clearly to the doctor, or are you a 'while I'm here' or 'hand-on-the-door-knob' patient, stating your main concern just as you're about to leave? Do you save your ailments up and then go to the doctor with a 'list'? Do you write down what your doctor says, and if not, how well do you remember it?Surveys show that a...

Over 700,000 people in the UK are currently affected by dementia, with one in 20 people aged over 65 and one in five over 80 years old, and there is a great deal of interest in how it may be prevented or slowed. This book looks at the medical evidence available about ways to reduce the risk of dementia....

Questions that people want to ask their doctors vary tremendously! Sometimes they dont even get asked as people are afraid of wasting the doctors time or they may end up as the hand on the doorknob or the while Im here type of question that gets popped out just as the patient leaves the surgery. Embarrassing, awkward, or trivial whatever...

Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths, affecting nearly 35,000 men each year. But, better awareness, earlier diagnosis and increasingly sophisticated treatments can save lives. This thoroughly updated edition presents the latest thinking and research on prostate cancer and disease. It examines the possible influence of diet,...

Tom Smith is the doctor you wish you had and he's got all the time in the world...You might make an appointment with your GP to enquire about a persistent cough or a septic toe. But when do you get to ask the questions that you really want the answers to? All those health mysteries - some trivial, some serious, some downright weird - they are the...