Dr Anne Malatt
Anne has been a doctor for over 30 years and an eye surgeon for 25 years. She loves her work, her patients, teaching and writing, for she loves people and life. Anne feels great joy in being able to share her lived experience and wisdom, that other people may learn and grow too.
Simple tips for travelling light
Many of us travel at this time of the year, and whilst we love our holidays, we can find it stressful travelling to and from our holiday destinations, so...
Ten top tips for actually enjoying Christmas
We are counting down the days to Christmas, many of us on overdrive, in overwhelm and exhaustion, made even worse by the ‘need’ to prepare ourselves, our families and...
The power of communication in medicine
Medicine has a language all of its own – a combination of Ancient Greek, Latin, people’s names, made-up words and acronyms – but what is the purpose of that...
Sleep – our daily medicine
Sleep is something that many of us struggle with, and this struggle can affect our whole day, or sleep can be part of our daily medicine.
We may think we...
Food is medicine, so why do doctors know so little about...
I am a doctor and everything I know about food that is worth knowing, I learnt somewhere other than medical school. We learn so much in medical school, but...
The importance of having your own doctor – even when you...
As doctors, we have a tendency to diagnose and treat ourselves when we become ill, which is understandable, but this can get us into awful trouble, and we cannot...
What is the purpose of exercise?
We all lead very busy lives. We think there are not enough hours in the day to do all the things we need to do, let alone all the...
The Nocebo Effect
I read an article (1) recently on the nocebo effect, which is the opposite of the placebo effect. When a person expects a side-effect of a medication or treatment,...
Compassion, empathy and sympathy – what do they truly mean?
As a profession, medicine is beginning to be aware that we must care for the whole person, if we are to truly practise the art and science of our...
Can we truly care for other people without caring for ourselves?
I used to think I was a clever person, but the way I lived my life when I was younger was not so clever, as I did not care...
