Going someplace nice?
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The days are getting shorter and the nights chilly. It's that time of year when many people head off to sunnier climes. But if you're leaving the country, don't forget to get your health organised.
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Out-of-hours medical help
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Do you know what your local options are if you need medical attention out-of-hours? Many people go to the Emergency Department (ED) as their first port of call, but this can involve time consuming waits and it may be more appropriate to attend a GP instead.
Read MoreIt's flu season
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It’s flu season, and after much delay, and coming and going, the flu vaccines are finally available. What is flu? How can you prevent catching it? And should you be immunised?
Read MoreWhooping cough, the latest; and why we immunise at all
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Our childhood vaccination schedules have been effective for so long that most of us parenting currently, have no personal experience of the devastation some of the diseases included in the schedule can wreak- we don’t have friends who’ve lost infants to haemophilus influenza, or peers with a limp from polio, or know children brain damaged from measles, or deaf because their mum had german measles while pregnant.
Read MoreStruggling with anxiety?
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Anxiety takes different forms but in general it is a worry disorder.
Read MoreParacetamol and liver damage risks
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A recent study shows that paracetamol overdoses are the leading cause of liver failure in children. Inadvertent medication errors with the drug are the main cause of liver damage.
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Do you know what your local options are if you need medical attention out-of-hours? Many people go to the Emergency Department (ED) as their first port of call, but this can involve time consuming waits and it may be more appropriate to attend a GP instead.