Doctor who first raised dementia alarm 24 YEARS AGO was fobbed off by the FA and Premier League

It was Norah Mercer who raised the alarm.  The wife of the legendary Manchester City manager and Everton and Arsenal stalwart Joe was speaking to GP and family friend John Rowlands before her husband passed away in 1990 after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease. ‘She said, “Whenever I attend the funerals of players from Joe’s era, … Read more

We’ve been fobbed off by our male doctors too! More women speak out over agonising endometriosis

Stranded. Ashamed. Vulnerable. Like you’re going crazy. This is how it feels to hear your debilitating symptoms dismissed as ‘attention-seeking behaviour’, according to 41-year-old Alison O’Neil. In spring 2014, the local government worker developed a numbness in her feet. ‘One day I was walking around the office without my left shoe on and I didn’t … Read more