Healthcare Blog

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  Here’s how to have a healthier Christmas

  Christmas is traditionally a time for indulgence, but without wanting to sound like too much of a Scrooge – do we need to rein things in a little? The boozy breakfast, snacking on selection boxes, tucking into a turkey dinner with all the trimmings… the result is that the average man more than doubles his […]

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  Aesthetics services at YourGP: Helping you prep for party season

  How much time does the average UK woman spend getting ready for a Christmas night out? The answer is apparently 5 hours and 38 minutes*. That’s a lot of preening and pampering! And it’s easy to understand why – everyone wants to look their absolute best for party season. But what if you could cut […]

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  Give the gift of a Health MOT this Christmas

  It’s the classic Christmas conundrum – what do you buy someone who seemingly has everything already? If you’re lacking inspiration and dreading battling it out with other desperate shoppers on Princes Street this month, don’t worry – we have the perfect suggestion. Forget the novelty socks, unwanted gadgets and planet-polluting plastic tat – they’ll only […]

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  Book a GP home visit at your convenience

  Here at YourGP, we aim to make our services as accessible as possible. In addition to our Dean Village practice, this year we opened a brand new practice right in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town to make it even easier for city centre residents and those who work in the capital to attend appointments. […]

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  Could your winter tiredness be due to a vitamin deficiency?

  It’s only natural that when winter approaches, many of us feel like hiding away indoors and hibernating. For many people, as the sunshine disappears, so too does their energy. However, as the health experts at YourGP explain, you don’t have to endure months of ‘winter tiredness’. Instead, you can take a simple test to find […]

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  Look out for the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer

  Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. In fact, according to Cancer Research UK, more than 52,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with it every year. And whilst 78% of men will survive prostate cancer for 10 or more years, sadly it kills just over 12,000 men per year. […]

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  Coping with the perimenopause

  Historically, the menopause has been a strictly taboo subject. So much so, that generations of women have gone through it without fully understanding what effects it can have on their physical and mental health. So ahead of World Menopause Day on 18th October, the team at YourGP are shining a light on the topic, focusing […]