Noon Expert: Dr Nighat Arif

Dr Nighat Arif is a GP who specialises in women’s health. She believes in empowering women by giving them the information they need for what she calls ‘self health’: how to stay well and the know-how to get what we need when we have to call on the professionals. She will be running online Zoom discussions for Noon on health.

Dr Nighat’s videos:

• Sex in midlife: What’s affecting my libido?
• 5 gynaecological cancers you should know about

Dr Nighat on midlife libido

It’s a hot topic and one we here at Noon want all women to think about. If you want to know how to boost yours (with testosterone gel), how to keep your vagina in good shape or improve your sex life, this is the video for you.

Dr Nighat on women’s cancers

Women’s cancers go woefully under-diagnosed, so it’s time we all got to know more about them. In this video, Dr Arif takes us through the signs and preventative methods for the 5 gynaecological cancers you might not know about, but that you’ll be glad you did.

More about Dr Nighat

Nighat is the daughter of an Imam in Chesham, Hertfordshire and came to the UK from Pakistan when she was nine, speaking no English. She is passionate about erasing health inequalities and furious that in medical training it is not compulsory for doctors to be learn about menopause, obstetrics, gynaecology and women’s issues in particular. You may well have seen her on ITV This Morning.