Medical Advice

It comes from Doctor Hammond who writes for Private Eye using the pseudonym, MD. His Wikipedia  write up is at MD   

 

Advice 
I can’t give any personal medical advice via this site.

I no longer work in general practice, and am now working as part of a specialist NHS team in Bath, treating young people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME. Details of the service we offer are here:
rnhrd.nhs.uk/page/85

Good advice on accessing specialist CFS/ME services and treatments available can be found via
•the AyME website (for people up to the age of 25) and
•the Action for ME website (for those over 25)

Good medical advice on the web 
The NHS website is a good place to start but it’s vast and you’d be amazed how much is on there (almost too much to take in)

For accurate and up to date medical information, I recommend the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries at cks.nice.org.uk You can choose between a patient information leaflet or a ten-page dissertation with all the references.

For a competent dissection of today’s health scare, try the NHS Behind the Headlines pages

For embarrassing problems, there’s the excellent embarrassingproblems.com

To share other peoples experience of health and illness, there’s my all time favourite website, healthtalkonline.org

 

MD     
Philip James Hammond (born 1 January 1962) is a physician, broadcaster, comedian and commentator on health issues in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his humorous commentary on the National Health Service. He first came into the public spotlight writing a column for The Independent newspaper, where he wrote with a strong pro-patient rights line.