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Hammersmith Press is an independent publishing house producing books for the general public and health professionals that promote better health and well-being through a greater understanding of the human body and mind, with a particular emphasis on the importance of nutrition and diet.

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The Love Trap
Annie Bennett
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Traditional Medicines
L Karalliedde
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Smart Health Choices
Dr Les Irwig, Judy Irwig, Dr Lyndal Trevena, Melissa Sweet
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Magic in Practice
Garner Thomson and Dr Khalid Khan
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Shadows in Wonderland
Colin Ludlow
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I Will Need to Break Your Other Leg
Prasanna Gautam
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The Smart Guide to Infertility
Professor Robert F Harrison
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Trick And Treat - why 'healthy eating' is making us ill
Barry Groves
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Anorexia Nervosa
Agnes Ayton
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Natural Energy
Professor Basant K. Puri
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Natural Energy Cookbook
Professor Basant K. Puri
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The Menopause — ask the experts
Norma Goldman
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The Essential Carer’s Guide
Mary Jordan
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Your Thyroid and How to Keep it Healthy
Your Thyroid and How to Keep it Healthy
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Suburban Shaman
Cecil Helman
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Medical Miscellany
Manoj Ramachandran & Max Ronson
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Professor Basant K. Puri
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Professor Basant K. Puri
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Playing God
Glenn Colqhoun
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The Perrin Technique
Raymond Perrin
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Natural Health & Weight Loss
Barry Groves
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I Need to Break Your Other Leg

Listen to Prasanna Gautam on Radio 4's Midweek on Wednesday 21 May

Free postage until 15 June...Order your advance copy now

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Suburban Shaman
George Abercrombie Award, 2008

Cecil Helman is being awarded the George Abercrombie Award at the Annual General Meeting of the Royal College of General Practitioners on 14th November 2008.  The George Abercrombie Award is given for outstanding contributions to the literature of general practice.

Winner of MJA (Medical Journalists' Assocation) General Book of the Year Award 2007

University College London have announced the award.

Click here for a photo of the author with the GP writer and broadcaster Dr Mark Porter and Bar Hewlett, founder of LighterLife (sponsor).

Author readings

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Playing God

Runner up for the MJA (Medical Journalists' Association) General Book of the Year Award 2008

Key poems now appearing on the new New Zealand poetry website.

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Shadows in Wonderland

Listen to Colin Ludlow on;

Tuesday 5 February 2.30 - 3.00pm
Live Interview on the Jenny Barnett Show, LBC

Wednesday 6 February 11.45 am
Live interview on C5 News, Sky TV

Thursday 7 February 12.00 noon
Live interview on BBC Radio 4 You & Yours

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The Perrin Technique

See Raymond Perrin's article in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), June 2007.

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A book for 30% of the population

'If you think you have an underactive Thyroid and have been dismissed by your GP, do get hold of the new edition of Dr. Barry Durrant-Peatfield's invaluable book'

Sarah Stacey, You Magazine, Mail on Sunday

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Working with The Princess Royal Trust for Carers

For every copy sold, 50p is donated to the Trust, and there is a special offer for carers who are members of the Trust.

For the Trust website www.carers.org

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