Dr Tom Smith

When he arrives to take up his first posting as a GP in Collintrae, a small fishing village on the West Coast of Scotland, young Tom Smith isn't quite sure what to expect. Certainly, nothing in his medical training could have prepared him for what he finds - a baker with nine lives, Mad Maggie in the River Muck, and a gaggle of giggling nuns, to name but a few of the extraordinary cases that he comes up against in his first few years there. Heartwarming, gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom's stories will touch everyone with their easy comic charm. They capture the beauty of the Scottish lowlands, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of life as a Scottish country doctor. Whoever thought that a job could be so wildly unpredictable... 'An entertaining and insightful read' Daily Express'It's all in a day's work for the James Herriot of human beings' Glasgow Evening Times 'Characters and cases unfold in this delightful book that reads like All Characters Great and Small' The Glaswegian

This book analyses the often-complex factors that influence weight gain, from our hormonal make-up to our eating psychology. Full of evidence-based research and real-life case histories, it gives intelligent advice on what to do when confronted with the need to tackle your health, or that of your child. It emphasises that exercise is key and that eating is one of the joys of life, not a medication. Topics include: Our hunter-gathering past; Exercise intelligence; Why we don't exercise enough; Hydration intelligence; Nutritional intelligence; Fasting intelligence; Antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and other supplements; Surgery for obesity.

Based as a locum in his beloved West Scotland, Dr Tom Smith now takes time out from the surgery for stints as a medical researcher, travelling wherever he is called, from Rio to Jerusalem, Vienna to Sydney. Part memoir, part travelogue, 'Going Loco' takes us on a dizzying journey around the medical world.Picking up from where his first memoir left off, Dr Tom is back with more of his gloriously eccentric stories.

The aim of this series is to set out clearly and concisely the symptoms and the various treatments, conventional as well as complementary and alternative.

The aim of this book is to achieve a good quality of life despite the health hiccups of diabetes. It describes all aspects of the healthy lifestyle that every person with diabetes needs to follow and presents a positive outlook to diabetics that they can shape their own future.