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Avoid a Trip to the Ho-Ho-Hospital: 3 Child Safety Tips for Christmas

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Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year for you and your children—as long as you take precautions to keep everyone safe. Here are three tips related to risk reduction and first aid that will help keep your child out of the ho-ho-hospital this festive season. Buy Age-Appropriate Gifts Watching your children open all their toys is one of the biggest joys of Christmas for any parent. However, when buying those toys, it's crucial that you make sure they're age-appropriate.

5 December 2019

Two Common Mistakes People Make When Getting an Eyebrow Feathering Treatment

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More and more people are now treating themselves to a procedure that is commonly referred to as 'eyebrow feathering'; this involves using tattoo-like equipment to draw lines that look like brow hairs in order to make a person's eyebrows look fuller and tidier. Here are two of the mistakes that are made by the people who decide to have this cosmetic procedure done. Not taking their future hair colouring plans into consideration

11 October 2019

What's the Difference Between Incisional and Excisional Skin Cancer Biopsies?

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If you're worried about a growth on your skin, then your skin cancer clinic may have recommended that you have a biopsy to check the growth out. Depending on the growth itself, the clinic may book you in for an incisional or an excisional procedure. What's the difference between the two? What Is an Incisional Skin Biopsy? If you have an incisional biopsy, then your doctor only needs to remove part of the growth for testing.

30 August 2019

Why Your Laptop May be Causing You Pain and Suffering

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Are you a laptop warrior? This is somebody who may frequently travel for work and will need to engage with their laptop in a hotel room or shared workspace in order to achieve their objectives. They may have a home office environment which is set up properly for the times when they are back at base, but they don't pay as much attention to their body's configuration when they're on the road.

20 May 2019

Do You have Health Concerns Related to Your Brain?

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If you develop some symptoms and visit your doctor, and he or she suspects you have a problem with your brain, further tests will be done to confirm the suspicions. Some of the problems that can be identified may include tumours or cancer in the brain, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, seizures, movement disorders, aneurysms etc. You may also be referred to a neurologist or a neurosurgeon. What Are Some of the Tests You Can Expect?

20 May 2019

5 Benefits of Choosing a Multicultural Healthcare Centre

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When a medical centre offers multicultural healthcare, it has special services, amenities and practices in place to appeal to people from all kinds of cultures. Wondering if this approach to healthcare is right for your family? Here are some of the elements you may want to consider.  1. Multicultural Healthcare Providers Understand Your Background When a healthcare provider commits to a multicultural approach, they take time to learn about the culture of the patients they see.

25 March 2019

Essential Over-the-Counter Drugs for the Summer Period

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When your business offers over the counter medications taking a seasonal approach makes life easier for your customers. During the summer period, those who buy from you may encounter unique medical challenges. As such, it's wise to find an OTC pharmaceutical supplier who can meet your summertime needs. Medicine cupboard essentials for sunburn With one in eight adults and one in five teenagers experiencing sunburn over a normal summertime weekend, many will seek temporary relief to make their symptoms less severe.

29 January 2019

Managing the Side Effects of Kidney Cancer Treatment

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Although receiving treatment for either bladder or kidney cancer is life-changing in many ways, it does come with side effects. While you're looking towards your recovery, managing the symptoms and sensations you experience can bring additional comfort. With the right support and knowledge, you'll feel more comfortable. Dealing with a higher risk of infection In order for kidney cancer treatment to remain effective, it dampens your body's natural response to infections.

27 December 2018

Two factors to consider when choosing a new primary care doctor

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If you're currently searching for a new primary care doctor in your local area, here are two factors you should take into consideration before choosing a specific GP. Gender Whilst the gender of your new doctor might seem inconsequential, it could actually end up being quite important. The reason for this is as follows; it is absolutely vital to ensure that you feel comfortable with your chosen GP, because if you are too shy or embarrassed to discuss an intimate health problem with them because, for example, they are a man and you are a woman (or vice versa), then you may end up postponing important medical examinations and subsequently developing a serious illness as a result.

9 November 2018

Should You Be Worried if Your Child Needs to Take Nuclear Medicine?

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If one of your children needs to undergo some specific tests in order to diagnose a medical condition, your consultant may have mentioned the term "nuclear medicine" early on in the discussion phase. If you're like most people, you may never have heard of this option and, just like other people you may be somewhat stressed, as they very word "nuclear" has negative connotations in society. Although you needn't be so worried as this is simply a specialised form of radiology, you will nevertheless want to know what it's all about.

28 September 2018