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Bone loss speeds up around menopause, but your skeleton is still living tissue and it still responds to what you do. Here are five things that help protect it, so you can keep getting down on the floor with the grandkids (and back up again).
By Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson, medical doctors and ...
High blood pressure is common, often silent, and much more changeable than most of us are told. Here's what's pushing yours up, and five things the research says can help bring it down.
By Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson, medical doctors and co-founders of Real Life Medicine. October 2026.
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If you're doing “all the right things” and still not sleeping, you're not doing it wrong. Here's what's actually getting in the way, five techniques that help, and some extra tips for ADHD and neurodivergent brains.
By Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson, medical doctors and co-founders of Real Life M...
Menopause brings significant hormonal changes that can affect multiple systems in the body and many of these changes are permanent. So yes, the perimenopause period, where hormones fluctuate, can be challenging, but the permanent decrease in hormones in the post-menopause period brings its own set o...
One of the most frustrating parts of insulin resistance is that it can trap your body’s stored energy. When your cells stop listening to insulin properly, your body often responds by making more insulin. High insulin tells your body to store fuel, not release it.
So even if you have plenty of store...
