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1 month ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Gemma Fullam
Experts explain what causes the common condition and how it can best be treated“Often as a GP, you’ll notice that someone has something else to say, but they don’t want to say it because they’re embarrassed. There’s no need to be embarrassed,” says Dr Laura Lenihan, GP and owner of the Galway-based Dr Laura Clinic, specialising in skin health and laser.
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1 month ago | 
independent.ie | Gemma Fullam
Experts explain what causes the common condition and how it can best be treated“Often as a GP, you’ll notice that someone has something else to say, but they don’t want to say it because they’re embarrassed. There’s no need to be embarrassed,” says Dr Laura Lenihan, GP and owner of the Galway-based Dr Laura Clinic, specialising in skin health and laser.
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1 month ago | 
independent.ie | Gemma Fullam
Today marks the start of Brain Awareness Week, dedicated to highlighting the benefits of brain research and raising awareness of neurological conditions. John Murphy describes his experience of essential tremor, a condition that causes involuntary shakingIn 1986, John Murphy, a sales executive, was shuffling some sheets of paper in advance of a work meeting when he noticed a slight tremor in his left hand. He made a mental note but otherwise, he says, “I just ignored it”.
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1 month ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Gemma Fullam
That wise woman Maya Angelou nailed it when she said: “Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” That eloquent call to action has within it a practical truth that is so self-evident it risks being overlooked. To influence the macro, focus on the micro. Your daily actions matter so much more than you realise.
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2 months ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Gemma Fullam
Vaginal oestrogen is a safe and convenient option for women struggling with vaginal dryness or UTIs after the menopause, experts explainIf you’re a woman, chances are you, or someone you know, has a pee problem. Maybe it involves recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs); needing to get up multiple times a night to urinate; a sense of urgency when needing the loo; urine leakage for no apparent reason, or needing to go immediately after consuming caffeine.
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2 months ago | 
independent.ie | Gemma Fullam
Dr Kenneth Monaghan has devoted most of his career to researching which therapies facilitate patients’ post-stroke rehabilitation – and he has now put all of this information into an easy at-home guideManifesting has become very popular in recent times, but the concept is not new. Over two millennia ago, in his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius noted that “our life is what our thoughts make it”.
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2 months ago | 
independent.ie | Gemma Fullam
Vaginal oestrogen is a safe and convenient option for women struggling with vaginal dryness or UTIs after the menopause, experts explainIf you’re a woman, chances are you, or someone you know, has a pee problem. Maybe it involves recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs); needing to get up multiple times a night to urinate; a sense of urgency when needing the loo; urine leakage for no apparent reason, or needing to go immediately after consuming caffeine.
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2 months ago | 
independent.ie | Gemma Fullam
Alex Kelly (28) was diagnosed with epilepsy at 11 years of age, and constant seizures followed her for many years after that, but her determination has seen her through surgery and its aftermath and she is now living a full, busy life Alex Kelly was in the back of her mum’s car on the way home from a goat show — at the time, her parents bred goats and horses — when she had her first seizure. “I had no idea what was going on,” she says. She was 11.
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2 months ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Gemma Fullam
Why do we have them, what are the common
issues and what do you need to know before getting them removed? We ask the expertsSometime in the 4th century BC, Aristotle wrote The History of Animals, in which he documented creatures’ anatomy and compared it to that of humans. Teeth are comprehensively described, with the Greek noting “The last teeth to come in man are molars called ‘wisdom teeth’, which come at the age of 20 years, in the case of both sexes”.
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2 months ago | 
independent.ie | Gemma Fullam
Stay Well: Why do we have wisdom teeth and should I have mine taken out? Why do we have them, what are the common
issues and what do you need to know before getting them removed? We ask the expertsWisdom teeth are our final set of molars. Image: GettySometime in the 4th century BC, Aristotle wrote The History of Animals, in which he documented creatures’ anatomy and compared it to that of humans.
