Doctor Q&A: Something on your mind? Need advice? Dr Renée Hoenderkamp will answer your burning health questions

Survey after survey shows Britons are disaffected with public health officials.

You hardly need a medical degree to understand why: the botched response to the pandemic and the interminable decline of the NHS has led to a breakdown in trust.

But do not throw the baby out with the bath water. It's important to acknowledge systemic failures while still valuing the scientific consensus on any given health topic.

Thankfully, celebrity TV doctor Renée Hoenderkamp is on hand to help restore your trust with evidence-backed health evidence.

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Drawing on more than 20 years of industry experience, the NHS GP provide fact-based answers to your burning health questions every week.

Last week, Doctor Renée Hoenderkamp addressed the link between pickled vegetables and cancer, the gut microbiome and autism, and how to make smear tests less painful.

Please send your questions to health@gbnews.uk or click the comment button above to send us your question and we'll publish Doctor Hoenderkamp's answers to your queries on GBNews.com/health every Friday.

Remember, consult your GP directly if you have any specific and urgent health concerns.