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Lawrence Higgins
Managing editor
BSc, Post Graduate Diploma
As managing editor of Patient.info Lawrence looks after all of our features and is a member of the Guild of Health Writers.
Lawrence works with the clinical director to make sure everything is accurate, up to date, and a great read. His career includes being deputy editor on one of the world's leading business magazines, writing Prime Ministerial speeches, and advising FTSE 100 companies on their media and editorial profiles. Lawrence lives by the sea and is a qualified beach surf lifesaver. He is passionate about the wellbeing benefits that being outdoors and can bring us.
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Are you wearing a device like a smartwatch to track your steps? If so, the goal of 10,000 steps a day may have become a bit of an obsession. But is focusing on this number the best way to improve your health? We ask an expert whether all this counting is really doing us any good.
Most of us are careful to follow sun-safe guidelines. But if you forget to put on or reapply sun cream or stay a little too long in direct sunlight - knowing how to treat sunburn at home is important.
Whilst your heart is as old as you are - it does have its own age, which is a sign of how healthy you are. Here we show a calculator which compares your real age to your heart age and we show how you can can turn back the clock on heart attack risks by improving your lifestyle.
Seeking help is often the first step towards getting and staying well, but talking about a mental health problem isn't always easy. It's normal to feel nervous about speaking about your health to a trusted friend or family member - and approaching your doctor or employer for help can seem overwhelming.
Lewis Capaldi has made his comeback at Glastonbury 2025, after the singer-songwriter took a two year break to adjust to living with Tourette's syndrome. In the UK, more than 300,000 children and adults are living with this neurological condition, but it is still widely misunderstood. So what exactly is it?
