What is lifestyle medicine?
Lifestyle medicine is a branch of evidence-based medicine. It looks at how daily habits affect long-term health, and uses changes to those habits as part of treatment.
The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine describes it as evidence-based clinical care that supports behaviour change. In practice, that means looking at what we eat, how we move, how we sleep, how we manage stress and mood, and how connected we feel to others.
Many common long-term conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, are closely linked to these areas of daily life. Changes here can help to prevent those conditions, and to manage and improve them once they have developed.
It is part of conventional medicine and is held to the same standards of evidence. Because lasting change is difficult, the aim is a small number of realistic changes that you can keep up, reviewed over time.
I am a GP with a special interest in lifestyle medicine, and I hold a postgraduate qualification in Health, Wellbeing and Innovation.
Is it for me?
I’ve worked with busy professionals, executives, athletes, mums, dads and octogenarians. Most come for one of two reasons.
You don’t have a diagnosis, and want a proper look at your health.
Perhaps you’re turning 40 or 50, you have a family history of heart disease or diabetes, you’re planning a pregnancy, or you simply feel you’re running on empty.
You’ve been diagnosed with a condition, or told you’re at risk.
That might be raised blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar, ongoing gut problems, PMOS (formerly PCOS), menopause symptoms, or a long-term condition you’d like to manage better.
Why see a GP for this?
Because I’m a GP, I can examine you, arrange and interpret blood tests, prescribe where it’s needed, and refer you to a specialist if something needs one. Lifestyle medicine works alongside medication, not instead of it, and with your permission I keep your own GP informed.
Location and availability
The clinic is due to launch in January 2027 in Dublin city centre.
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