January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The World Health Organization estimates that 750 million people worldwide have…
Category: Health Check
Health Check – Gastroenteritis
One day you’re fine, the next your stomach feels queasy, you have diarrhoea, and you’re vomiting.…
Health Check – New Year Health Tips
A New Year is often a new beginning for many people and for some, particularly with…
Health Check: Flu Season
It’s Influenza Season and the vulnerable population is being warned to take precautions. The Ministry of…
Health Check – Healthy Eating During The Holidays
The Christmas and New Year’s celebrations are approaching and that often means time spent with family…
Health Check: Alcoholism
Christmas is just upon us and with it the usual festivities which often include consumption of…
Health Check – World Diabetes Day
1 in 10 adults worldwide have diabetes. Over 90 percent have type 2 diabetes. Close to…
Health Check – Sexually Transmitted Diseases
More than one million Sexually Transmitted Infections are acquired every day worldwide, the majority of which…
Health Check – Healing Headaches
We’ve all had them at one time or another. The ache that makes the head hurt…
Health Check – Acting On Asthma
One of the worst feelings you can get is stifling and gasping for air. That’s the…