Mar 8, 2021 | What We're Talking About
Now that the vaccine program is underway, we have some of the main questions that your patients could ask and the answers, so that you and other staff can prepare for upcoming appointments. Do I need to wait between receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and the Flu vaccine?...
Mar 8, 2021 | What We're Talking About
The next 6 months are going to be very challenging for practices as you potentially manage administering the COVID-19 vaccine, flu jabs, immunisations, as well as everything in between. Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines need two doses to be effective, with the...
Mar 8, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19
It’s always easy to think what you could have done better to clean a pandemic like this. We could have closed borders a little bit earlier or more completely so that the United States were closed off, and we were closed off to the United States, but really we...
Mar 7, 2021 | Exercise and Fitness, Muscle Workouts, Sports Fitness
Tone and strengthen your triceps with these two exercises. Tricep dips Sitting on a chair place your palms on the edge of the seat and hands shoulder width apart. Slide off the chair with legs extended in front. Straighten but do not lock your arms. Bend your arms to...
Mar 6, 2021 | Diet and Weightloss, First Aid and Self-Care, Gastrointestinal Health, Healthy Living
Our livers are really good at looking after itself and detoxifying our blood and moving bile. Instead of wasting time of “detoxifying diets”, keep you weight to a healthy level and drink only in moderation. Most people’s livers are really healthy for...
Mar 5, 2021 | First Aid and Self-Care, Healthy Living, Seasonal Health
There’s no quick fix to a runny nose, at best you can talk to your doctor to see if you have specific medical reasons, which most people don’t. You probably don’t want to fix a runny nose too quickly. And it depends on the cause. If you’ve got...
Mar 5, 2021 | Kids and Teens Health, Pain
Most children, if they fall over, maybe break a limb or bark themselves are quite able to express pain. So they’ll cry, they’ll scream, they’ll tell you that it’s hurting. It’s a little different when you get to more long term childhood...
Mar 4, 2021 | Exercise and Fitness, Healthy Living, Muscle Workouts, Seasonal Health, Seniors Health, Sports Fitness
Whether you are returning after injury or a prolonged hiatus, it is important to build up your strength and fitness before you launch into playing sports. When we do sport, particularly as we get a bit older, it’s very common to launch back into something that...
Mar 4, 2021 | First Aid and Self-Care, Healthy Living, Seasonal Health
Your nose is usually the first indicator of environmental changes and changes to you body health. Therefore a runny nose has lots of different causes and it’s always good to run it past your GP if it goes on for too long. Your nose, if you like, is like the...
Mar 3, 2021 | Cancer Care, Ear Nose and Throat Health
The nasopharynx is a part of the body that is behind your nose and at the top of the throat. So it is really, quite literally, in the middle of your head. You can get cancers of the nasopharynx, and numerically the biggest number of those occur in people of Southeast...
