Keep Your Heart Healthy
An adult heart beats about 60 to 80 times per minute. The beating sound your heart makes is caused by the opening and closing of its valves. A human heart is roughly the...
5 Tips to Look After Your Mental Health
It is estimated that one in four people in Ireland will experience some mental health problems in their lifetime.
Struggling with mental healt...
The Flu Vaccine – Should I Get It?
Flu Symptoms
Nobody likes getting the runny nose, high fever, headache, and muscle aches – some of the most common flu symptoms.
S...
The Importance of Moisturising
Skincare is vital for your daily health. It is more than a beauty concern. Our skin is the body’s largest organ, and while a skincare routine may sound like...
Menopause
Simply, the menopause is when a woman stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally. In Ireland, the average age for a woman to reach menopause is 52.
As a woman get...
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HAY FEVER SEASON HAS ARRIVED!
Have you found yourself waking up with teary eyes, itchy eyes, runny or itchy nose or maybe with skin irritations and feeling tired? You may be suffe...
10 tips to help you sleep better!
Do you get enough sleep?
Like every other muscle in our body we have to train our brain to relax and become sleepy. Sometimes this includes changing the physical di...
5 steps to help you quit smoking!
Are you a smoker and want to quit? On March the 1st 2018 The Health Service Executive (HSE) have declared it National No Smoking day! A great time to con...
Don’t Let the Flu get you down!
I hope this blog , which is aimed at discussing, symp toms and treatments of the flu, will inform and better equip you to get through the winter.
The flu ...
Cholesterol – Do you know your levels?
Many of us know that too much cholesterol is bad for us – but do we know the difference between good and bad cholesterol? Or how this works in our b...
How fertile are you?
With the average age of Irish women having their first child now firmly over 30 years old, couples across the country are having difficulties trying to conceive. One of the probl...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects 10-15% of Europeans. The symptoms include bloating, gas, abdominal pain, constipation and uncontrolled diarrhoea. It is a syndrome that...
Our skin is precious – Are you looking after your skins health?
How our skin ages depends a lot on how we look after it. Many factors play a role in how our skin looks such as:
Smoke pollut...
Eczema
Symptoms of Eczema?
Eczema causes a dry, red, itchy rash. It may be scaly, weep, bleed or crust over. 1 in 5 children and 1 in 12 adults suffer from eczema. It is caused when the skins barrie...
Infertility - “An introduction”
It is estimated that one in six couples in Ireland are affected by infertility. It is a medical and social condition that can cause considerable so...
Blood Pressure – Five tips to keep it normal
What is blood pressure anyway?
Blood pressure shows the amount of work your heart has to do to pump blood around the body. It is very importan...
Have you ever suffered from dark spots or hyperpigmentation on your face?
Hyperpigmentation (Melasma) is common and usually harmless condition in which patches of skin become darker in colour than no...
As September draws closer, pharmacists across the country are replenishing their stocks as usually 1-2 weeks into the new school year there’s a mad panic as desperate parents rush in, in droves!...
