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Travel vaccinations

Travelling abroad and you need vaccinations - please make sure you book your appointment in good time.

Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis describes a group of diseases affecting the stomach or part of the intestine.

Chicken Pox

Chicken pox is a relatively harmless illness that mainly affects children. However, the virus can remain dormant in the body and cause shingles in adulthood.

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Glue ear

This is a very common condition usually in children, although some adults have been known to have glue ear.

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Cold Sores

Cold sores or fever blisters are the common names for herpes simplex. Cold sores are viral infection of the skin.

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Head Lice

Do you remember the nit nurse who came to school regularly and pulled your hair about?

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German Measles

German Measles is infectious from two days before the rash appears, until the rash disappears in about four or five days from that date.

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Healthy bowels

Today, cancer of the bowel is responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year. The role of diet in maintaining healthy bowels is indisputable and every year, it appears that more and more is understood about the development of disease in the lower end of the gut.

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Weight loss

The risks of being overweight are many, ranging from painful feet and knees to coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. The vast majority of people who are overweight would like to weigh less, but we know that instead of the incidence of overweight and obesity decreasing, it is in fact increasing.

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Healthy heart

It is well recognised and accepted that there are many 'risk factors' for heart disease, many of which are lifestyle risk factors.

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Osteoporosis and diet

Bone is a complicated structure consisting of minerals, vitamins and protein. The main mineral is calcium. There is over 1Kg of calcium present in the body, but 99% of this is found in the bones.

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