The Basics Of Blood Pressure
Checking blood pressure is something I do every day. It seems innocuous but can sometimes result in diagnosing essential hypertension, a condition that has no symptoms. You know that having high blood pressure...
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Itchy Head Lice
Urban legends tend to associate head lice with dirty hair and neglect. The truth is that those pesky bugs don’t respect a clean head of hair either. Anybody can get them if they are...
Mental Health in Young Males
Talking about and admitting to mental illness is something that we shouldn’t be ashamed of. It shouldn’t hide in the shadows. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 35 in...
Medicinal Cannabis – Is it Useful?
Anyone who has listened to those currently using cannabis as pain relief probably thinks that their arguments and stories are persuasive. However, there is no scientific evidence that medicinal cannabis has any benefits. That...
New Year Smoking Cessation
It’s New Year’s resolution time and the perfect time of the year to break your habit. There are so many risks associated with smoking. It’s the prime cause of lung cancer but is also...
Abortion Aftercare in Ireland
Every day, around 10 Irish women travel to England for an abortion. Their reasons for terminating their pregnancies all vary but their reason for travelling doesn’t. It’s important that we all know what the...
Why You Should Get the Flu Vaccine
Influenza is a viral illness that comes around almost every year. Symptoms include runny nose, sore throat, muscle aches, headaches, cough, lethargy and high fever. Symptoms hit suddenly and severely, and it’s highly...
The Truth About Weight Loss
People often believe that they have a problem with their metabolism that is causing them to retain or gain weight. Unfortunately the sad truth is that that weight loss is hard and that metabolic...
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