Maryon Stewart

Maryon Stewart is well known in both the UK and Australia as a pioneer in the field of non-drug medicine. In 1984 she set up an Advisory Service specialising in women’s health, which now helps both men and women as the Natural Health Advisory Service.  To date she has written 26 popular self-help books, co-authored a series of medical papers, written regular columns for numerous daily newspapers and magazines, had her own radio show, made two films as well as contributing to many TV series, including being the Nutritionist for Channel Four’s Model Behaviour and now she presents The Really Useful Health Show. Her formal training has included preventive dentistry, nutrition, counselling and health promotion and she regularly lectures to both the public and the medical profession.

She helps individuals in her clinics and via her telephone consultation service and is passionate about making a difference through her health promotion work in order to improve health prospects, and as a result make quality of life and relationships more rewarding.  In the late 90’s Maryon was voted the 51st most influential woman in Great Britain in a Good Housekeeping survey and in December 2009 she was voted one of the 5 most inspirational women in the UK by Fabulous Magazine.  Following the death of her daughter Hester in April 2009, she founded the Angelus Foundation whose mission it is to raise awareness about the dangers of legal highs and club drugs making society a safer place for young people.  She has already transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world and intends to turn that number into millions.

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Thursday 15 November 2012, 5.00pm Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus, King’s College London, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ

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