Ellie Broughton

1 week ago | cluboenologique.com | Ellie Broughton |Joel Hart

In the Koreatown neighbourhood of Los Angeles, I’m having lunch with Jenee Kim, the owner of Park’s BBQ, who is something of a ‘K-Town’ matriarch. We are sitting in the unassuming, noir room, which stands in stark contrast to a technicolor spread of side dishes called banchan that soon brightens the table. There are fermented cucumbers and kimchis representing different levels of funk and tang; strips of salty-sweet eomek (fish cake); pickled king oyster mushrooms, and more.

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Ellie Broughton

Julien Behal/PA WireBy Ellie BroughtonMaking the morning-after pill universally free at pharmacies in England will reduce pressure on other parts of the NHS, save resources and result in better health outcomes for patients, doctors have said. The emergency contraception is to be made universally free at pharmacies in England later this year, as part of a new funding deal agreed between the government and Community Pharmacy England. ‌‌‌‌‌‌

Dec 23, 2024 | hackneycitizen.co.uk | Ellie Broughton

East London NHS Foundation Trust diagnosed 14 patients under 18 with a personality disorder last year, according to a new Freedom of Information investigation. Over a thousand campaigners including former health secretary Norman Lamb called the practice “abhorrent, unethical, harmful, dubious, but not least controversial” in an open letter published last April. They wrote: “We maintain that giving children a diagnosis that results in harm and worse treatment is controversial.

Dec 22, 2024 | stylist.co.uk | Ellie Broughton

From rebalancing hormones to stimulating our thyroids: a GP (and yoga teacher) and NHS clinical yoga therapist pop a pin in some of the weirdest and most frequently cited health claims made by yoga teachers

Nov 25, 2024 | tricycle.org | Ellie Broughton

Dr. James Fish is a general practitioner in the UK’s National Health Service. Having firsthand experience with overwork and burnout, Fish realizes how important it is for doctors like him to have solid coping strategies for getting through the stressors and mental health triggers that could impair their work. In 2016, Fish cofounded Still Practising, a meditation group explicitly aimed at UK clinicians.