Following my Graduation with a Medical and Surgical Degree from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1978 I took the oath, stating , “Primum Non Nocere” which translates “First Do No Harm“.All Medical Doctors, on their graduation, were expected to declare the Hippocratic…
Category: Family Medicine
Dr. Neville Wilson BA (Rhodes), MB.ChB, DIP.MID COG (SA), D.Obs, D Fam Med, MSc, DNH. The current standard practice of treating patients with hypothyroidism is prescription use of levothyroxine (Eltroxin). This practice has been adopted by many endocrinologists and family physicians ever since Eltroxin was…
An interview with Dr Neville Wilson by the Irish Medical News (October 2009)
Dr. Neville Wilson January 2018 YOUR THYROID GLAND: A healthy thyroid gland is essential for overall wellbeing since it provides the necessary hormones for energy production in all living cells and tissues, including the brain. The health and normal function of the thyroid…
A REVIEW OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES 2015 – 2020 by Dr. Neville Wilson The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were published in January 2016, and are the 8th edition released since 1980. Although these dietary guidelines are prepared every 5 years for the…
~ by Dr. Neville Wilson Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, is a congenital oral cavity anomaly, affecting between 4% to 10 % of infants, and is characterized by an abnormally short, thick or tight, sublingual frenulum, often causing restricted latching to the maternal breast, with adverse feeding…
DIVISION OF ANKYLOGLOSSIA Dr. Neville S. Wilson. Ankyloglossia, commonly called “tongue-tie” is a congenital oral anomaly which may decrease mobility of the tongue and impair breast feeding in infancy. In some cases this anomaly may cause speech impairment in later life, but medical opinion is…
Dr. Neville Wilson 6 March 2014. Another meat bashing report has hit the world headlines, issuing public health warnings about the dangers of animal protein ingestion. Data from the NHANES ( National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey ) study has revived the popular…
By Dr. Neville Wilson The process of recruiting Irish doctors to distant locations is currently in full swing . Kindersley Clinic, in Saskatchewan, Canada, invites GPs to apply for 6 advertised positions as Family Physicians (Oct 22, 2012) (In Canada you will be called a…