Miriam, Lady Hogg OBE (née Stern; formerly Stoppard; born 12 May 1937), known professionally by her former married name Miriam Stoppard, is an English medical doctor, journalist, author and television presenter.

Her father, Sidney, was a nurse and her mother, Jenny, worked for the Newcastle school dinners service.

She writes on health issues and acts as an agony aunt for the Daily Mirror, having previously answered readers' letters for TV Times magazine.

[citation needed] Her company, Miriam Stoppard Lifetime, sells her books and health products.

Stoppard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to healthcare and charity.

[5] In August 2012, writing in the Daily Mirror, Stoppard supported UCL's Institute of Child Health research[6] which suggested reviewing the recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding until six months, adding that the appearance of teeth should signal the end of breastfeeding.