It hard to overstate the impact of widespread vaccination programmes to human health. Outside of clean water and sanitation it has saved more lives than any other public health measure. And yet, despite this, since its arrival in the 1700’s any discussion on vaccinations remain controversial. Discussions on the topic remain plagued by scare mongering…
25% of kids in Junior infants are overweight
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Figures show that worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980. In Ireland, 60% of men, and 50% of women, are overweight or obese. Set against this backdrop, it is even more worrying that the levels of childhood overweight and obesity are also exploding. We now know that 1 in 4 boys and 1 in 5…
Is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for me?
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“H,R,T” are three little letters that spread fear into the hearts of most female patients! This is predominantly due to media reporting of a study in the 2002 that suggested that HRT was linked to a “markedly increased risk of breast cancer”. Now, nearly 20 years later, it is widely felt that menopausal symptoms are…