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Alan is a fully qualified Five Element Acupuncturist and has been practising this wonderful system of medicine at Napiers Clinic in the West End of Glasgow for the past 18 years.
Angela practices Herbal Medicine at Napiers Bathgate, Edinburgh & Glasgow, as well as with the Napiers CLAID Clinic.
Audrey is a Medical Herbalist, graduating in 2007 with a BSc (Hons) in Herbal Medicine & Phytotherapy from Edinburgh’s Napier University and is a registered member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (MNIMH). Audrey is a practicing member within the Napiers CLAID Clinic.
As a fully qualified, experienced Holistic Therapist, Bettina works with clients on a one-to-one basis to establish an optimal treatment plan or therapy to best support your skin health and well-being.
Cat offers a range of massage including holistic, deep tissue, trigger point therapy, advanced sports stretching and pregnancy massge.
Claire is an experienced Western Medical Herbalist (BSc), a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) and works at Napiers online clinic.
Clare is an experienced medical herbalist based in the West Highlands of Scotland, home to deer, livestock, ticks, and Lyme disease. She works for the Napier's CLAID clinic on a Thursday morning.
Clare began training at Edinburgh’s Napier University in 2005, gaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Herbal Medicine in 2009. She joined the Napiers Clinic team shortly after her graduation, initially working in the dispensary before beginning her herbal practice in 2010. Since then she has been a key member of our clinical team, working alongside Dee Atkinson in running the general herbal clinics, as well as heading the Baby & Child Clinic.
Cybele is a passionate Sophrologist and founder of Chamapola, Healing Yourself - Healing Together.
Dean is a Naturopathic Practitioner experienced in Nutrition and Herbal Medicine. With interests in nerve problems, cardiovascular health, digestive disorders as well as male and female reproductive system wellbeing.
Dee is the senior herbal practitioner at Napiers the Herbalists in Edinburgh. She runs a general medicine clinic with a special interest in women’s health, managing hormonal health and ageing. More recently, Dee set up the Napiers Long Covid Clinic to facilitate an integrated approach between doctors, herbalists and nutritionist to this new disease.
Isabelle has over 20 years helping individuals and couples achieve their fertility goals through nutrition.
Jill is a fully qualified and insured Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist offering Outcome Based Treatments
John is a friendly and experienced counsellor offering 1-1 sessions on Fridays at Napiers Clinic in Edinburgh city centre and online via FaceTime/Skype. He has worked in private practice supporting people for over 18 years and brings a wealth of experience.
Kate is a BANT registered Nutritionist who owns and runs the Edinburgh Clinic of Nutrition. She trained for three and a half years at Patrick Holford's renowned Institute of Optimum Nutrition in London and is currently studying with The Institute of Functional Medicine in the US.
Kim is qualified in Aromatherapy Massage and Indian Head Massage. Working with the needs of her massage clients led to a deeper interest in their health and Kim studied the BSc (Hons) Herbal Medicine degree at Napier University, Edinburgh. Kim is one of the lead herbalists within the Napiers CLAID Clinic and sees many patients.
Kirstin is a fully qualified member of the Society of Homeopaths and holds an RSHom distinction in Classical Homeopathy. Kirstin qualified from the Northwest College of Homeopathy's four-year training course in Manchester.
Lynn is a registered osteopath and has been practicing osteopathy for nineteen years. She studied osteopathy and cranial sacral therapy at the European School of Osteopathy and graduated in 1991. Lynn has a background in physiotherapy and is trained in structural, craniosacral, functional, fascial and visceral osteopathy.
Malgorzata graduated from the College of Naturopathic Medicine where she studied Western Herbal Medicine and Naturopathic Nutrition /Diplomas in Herbal Medicine (2017), Naturopathy (2017), and Naturopathic Nutrition (2020). She is also qualified in KORE Therapy, Anmo-fu - 5 Element Abdominal Massage, Craniosacral Balance and Stress Release Therapy and Cupping. Her first degree is a PhD in History.
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Mary is a qualified therapist in Swedish, Indian and Thai Foot Massage.
Mary trained in Edinburgh, and has been working as a complementary therapist since 1999, holding diplomas in Clinical Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Therapeutic Massage and Hopi Ear Candling gained from the International Therapy Examinations Council (ITEC). She is a member of, and is fully insured to practice with, the Complementary Therapists Association (CThA).
Melissa qualified from Middlesex University in 2000. She runs a general herbal practice from her boat, The Herbal Barge, which is based on the river Lea in North London. Melissa joined the CLAID Clinic Co-operative to work collaboratively in an integrated and specialised context to support patients with long covid.
Mike is a body worker and NLP Practitioner who is passionate about working with the person as a whole; offering treatments that integrate body and mind.
Monica has a Masters degree in herbal medicine from the University of Central Lancashire. She is the research herbalist heading up the Napiers CLAID Clinic. The CLAID Clinic specialism is Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi and co-infections - crypto-infections Bartonella, Babesia, Rickettsia, Erlichia, Anaplasma, Mycoplasma, etc. A research herbalist is not the same as a medical herbalist and Monica does not run a general clinical practice. This allows her to focus on Lyme disease and bacterial and viral infections.
Natasha is an experienced and qualified medical herbalist in Western herbal medicine, a forager and mycotherapist. As well as practicing as part of Napiers' general herbal medicine practice, she also sees patients as part of the CLAID Clinic.
Nikki was awarded a first class honours degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of East London and trained at clinics in Glasgow and London. She was also awarded the Arthur Barker prize for her final examination grades. Nikki also has ITEC Diplomas in Holistic Massage and Aromatherapy. She is a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists which is the UK’s leading professional body representing herbal practitioners. NIMH members follow a strict code of conduct and are committed to ongoing and continual practitioner development and training.
Ona Madorell is a qualified Naturopathic Nutritionist, graduating with distinction from the College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM). She has further enhanced her expertise through a course in blood test interpretation and a postgraduate program focused on the microbiome.
Pearlyn is a licensed acupuncturist and a registered member of the Acupuncture Society, and is fully insured to practice acupuncture, tuina, cupping and moxibustion.
Rebecca is an Associate Nutritionist, specialising in gut health and women's health, from hormone imbalance to fertility, pregnancy and beyond.
Sara is qualified Medical Herbalist, Ayurvedic Therapist and Yoga teacher, holding an MSc. in Western Herbal Medicine from Middlesex University.
Satya trained at the School of Natural Medicine where she graduated with a Diploma in Healing Diets and additional immersion studies in Herbal Medicine, Healing Diets, Iridology & Naturopathy, Quantum Botanicals and Flower Essences. Satya has a Nonviolent Communication Leadership Certificate with Bay NVC and an MA in European Dance Theatre Practice from Trinity Laban.
Sheila is a Holistic Therapist who qualified in KCR in 2019 with the KCR Academy. After a long career in retail, an ankle injury led her to seek an alternative approach to healing.
Shona has worked at Napiers Clinic for 30 years where she has picked up a wealth of knowledge about various complementary therapies. She trained as a Food Sensitivity tester with The Health Partnership Company, where she was taught how to use the 3 point marker system.
Thanos is an experienced Medical Herbalist and practises as a Herbalist and Orthopaedic Acupuncturist at Napiers in Edinburgh and at Napiers Bathgate.
Wendy qualified in 2002 with a BSc(Hons) in Phytotherapy. Since then she has practiced in Fife, Angus and the Lothians. She is a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
In 2010, prostate cancer was the most common cancer among men in England. Learn more about prevention here.
In 2010, prostate cancer was the most common cancer among men in England. This graph shows the prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in England between 1971–2010 (ONS, 2012).
Hopefully the diagnosis is only rising because men are better informed, seeing the doctor and being treated at an earlier stage. And the good news is that mortality rates are falling slightly. But there may be a deeper cause for concern.
Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in England, accounting for a quarter (26%) of all newly diagnosed cases of cancer among men in 2010. Just under 34,900 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in 2010, a rate of 106 new cases per 100,000 men. It is estimated that one in eight men will develop prostate cancer at some point in their lives (Cancer Research UK, 2012a).
In 2010, just under 9,100 males died from prostate cancer in England, a rate of 24 deaths per 100,000 males. Prostate cancer was the second most common cause of cancer death in men in 2010, after lung cancer, accounting for 13% of all male cancer deaths. Mortality rates increased steadily between 1971 and 1992, before declining gradually between 1992 and 2010.
The sharp rise in the incidence of prostate cancer in the early part of the 1990s reflects improvements in diagnosis from increased use of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) testing (Quinn et al, 2001). This has been key in the large improvements in survival over recent years. For men diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006-2010 and followed up to 2011, the five year survival estimate was 80%, compared with 75% for men diagnosed between 1999 and 2003 and followed up to 2004 (see Background Note 1). The introduction of the PSA test increased the diagnosis of latent tumours that would not otherwise have been diagnosed during a man’s lifetime. Latent tumours are generally those which do not progress far enough to cause problems or symptoms or become life-threatening. Men with these tumours have higher survival (Office for National Statistics, 2012a).
Whereas survival of most cancers is generally higher among younger patients than older ones, for prostate cancer the reverse is true: survival is slightly lower for men aged 15–49 years (90 per cent) than for those aged 50–69 years (92 per cent) (Office for National Statistics, 2012b). Higher survival among men aged 50-69 is likely to be due to PSA testing in this age group (Cancer Research UK, 2012b).
The strongest risk factor for prostate cancer is age (Cancer Research UK, 2009): it is relatively uncommon in men under 45 but becomes more common with advancing age. In 2010, 75% of new cases occurred in men aged 65 and over, and the largest number of new cases was among those aged 70-74.
There is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer. However, the Prostate Cancer Risk Management programme was introduced in 2002 in response to considerable demand for the PSA test among men worried about prostate cancer. The programme provides information to men on the risks and benefits of the PSA test, to enable them to decide whether or not to have the PSA test. The test is available free of charge on the NHS to those men aged over 50 who choose to have it (NHS Cancer Screening Programmes, 2012). You can also do a simple PSA blood test at home with a PSA home test kit.
Alcohol remains a major contributor to cancer mortality, and reducing your alcohol consumption is an important cancer prevention strategy (Nelson et al., 2013).
Vegetarians have lower risk of all cancers and gastrointestinal cancers than meat eaters (Tantamango-Bartley et al., 2013).
A high-fat diet enhances prostate cancer cell growth more strongly than a high-carbohydrate diet (Huang et al., 2012a) so it is worth reducing your red meat intake - in particular processed meats (salami, sausgaes, bacon, etc.) and increasing your intake of vegetables.
if in doubt, see your doctor. Catching a problem at the earliest stage can save your life.
References
Cancer Research UK (2009).
Geographic patterns of cancer survival in England, patients followed to 2010. Office for National Statistics (2012b). Cancer survival in England: patients diagnosed 2006-2010 and followed up to 2011.
Huang MG, Narita S, Numakura K, et al (2012a). A high-fat diet enhances proliferation of prostate cancer cells and activates MCP-1/CCR2 signaling. Prostate, 72, 1779-88.
Lifetime risk of cancer. Cancer Research UK (2012b).
Nelson DE, Jarman DW, Rehm JG, et al (2013) Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths and years of potential life lost in the United States. Amer J Public Health, doi:10.2105/ AJPH.2012.301199.
ONS Article and Graph: Office for National Statistics
Prostate cancer risk factors. Cancer Research UK (2012a).
Prostate cancer risk management programme. Office for National Statistics (2012a).
Prostate cancer survival statistics. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes (2012).
Quinn M, Babb P, Brock A, Kirby L & Jones J (2001). Cancer trends in England and Wales, 1950–1999. Studies on Medical and Population Subjects No.66, London: The Stationery Office.
Tantamango-Bartley Y, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Fan J, et al (2013). Vegetarian diets and the incidence of cancer in a low-risk population. Cancer Epid Biom Prev, 22, 286-94.
Zinc deficiency has been positively linked to prostate enlargement in a few studies, although no large scale clinical trials have been conducted.
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