Cal Murphy
Cal is a long-standing member of the Top Doctors content team. Passionate about language and communication, he spent over three years in Spain teaching English before turning his hand to writing and editing. This time has left him a bottomless pit of obscure grammatical facts and pedantry.
Cal was born and raised in Manchester, UK to an English-Irish family. He speaks English, Spanish, and a little French and Gaeilge. Outside of his work with Top Doctors, he is a musician, singer-songwriter and performer with a penchant for folk-rock and comedy song.
When it comes to feeding your baby, which is better? Breast milk or formula? What are the benefits of breastfeeding? Lets take a look at the pros, cons, myths, and truths about breastfeeding.
The umbilical cord helps keep a baby alive for 9 months, but did you know that the umbilical cord blood holds a secret that could save another life in the future?
What are the advantages of travelling for your healthcare? Discover the world of health tourism and how Top Doctors can help you find the best medical specialists around the world.
Music is universal. People around the world enjoy hundreds of different styles and genres. But did you know music is also beneficial to the health? This is especially true if you play it yourself. Discover the physical, mental, and emotional benefits of playing a musical instrument!
Every summer, music festivals like Glastonbury, Download, Reading & Leeds, and Cream Fields draw party-goers and music lovers alike. A weekend in a field with live music is a lot of fun, but it can take a toll on your health. Check out Top Doctors' top tips for how to survive a music festival.
Emotional overeating or stress eating can cause weight problems and low self-esteem, leading to a vicious cycle of negative emotions and bingeing. What is the difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger? How can you stop emotional eating? Find out here!
IV vitamin therapy is a growing health trend on social media, but do vitamin IVs even work? Moreover, are they even safe?
It’s that time of year again. The trees are green once more, plants are flowering, and in the countryside, lambs are appearing in the fields. Unfortunately for some of us, something else has also returned, bringing with it runny noses and sneezing; coughing and wheezing; itching eyes or throats. The classic, seasonal pain in the neck that is hay fever...
Manchester. Where Rolls met Royce; where Pankhurst led the way for women’s suffrage; where scientists first developed the stored-program computer and split the atom. The latter of those breakthroughs is all the more relevant today, as it paved the way for an advance in cancer treatment that has just become available for the first time in the UK.
Suddenly, HIV is back in the news, with another case of an apparent “cure”. The individual, dubbed the “London patient” has been off HIV treatment for a year and a half, with no signs of the virus re-emerging. What does this mean for the fight against AIDS?