DAVID HURST

David Hurst is a freelance health writer who has contributed for more than 15 years to national newspapers and magazines. His work appears regularly on The Daily Mail Good Health pages, In The Know, Bella and the Daily Express health pages. He has also been a voluntary counsellor for a charity helping (mostly) men with health and relationship problems and has appeared on national television and radio shows commenting on his experience and knowledge regarding this. His literary agent is Mandy Little at Watson Little.

The following articles by David Hurst are available:

>Diet and Nutrition
SUPERMARKET SHOPPING ? WHAT?S YOUR POISON?   
by DAVID HURST, 1112 words
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Are you loading your trolley with food and household goods that could be putting your health at risk?
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>Real-Life Stories
LIVING WITH SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME   
by DAVID HURST, 1223 words
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Cardiomyopathy, or sudden death syndrome, can strike seemingly healthy people at any age. Doctors think that this devastating form of heart disease may be caused by a tiny virus. Here, two women explain what it means to live when every beat is a bonus
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>Real-Life Stories
?MY FINGERS TURN WHITE, BLUE, THEN RED?   
by DAVID HURST, 872 words
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Agonising Raynaud?s disease has left Asal Shirazi, 42, a full-time mum of three girls from Chiswick, West London, virtually trapped in her home. Here, she describes how she copes with the condition
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>Real-Life Stories
?I THOUGHT ONLY OLD MEN GOT GOUT?   
by DAVID HURST, 771 words
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The painful joint condition affects one in 200 adults in the UK and a growing number of younger women. Shelley Rees-Langley, 45, a health administrator from Bath, Somerset, developed gout in her big toe six years ago.
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