In Vitalis we are lucky to have a very experienced clinician Tina Fagan who worked as a smoking cessation advisor for many years. This blog gives some background detail on smoking cessation, what it is and how it works.
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In this blog I look at the phenomena of walking meetings. We know that walking energizes our brains, reduces stress, improves our mood, and can boost communication.
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It almost seems too good to be true; we can travel again! Where are you hoping to travel to? Will you stay in Ireland sustaining the concept of staycations? Or will you go abroad?
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In this video blog Dr Siobhan Graham is interviewed by Susan Hughes in the Vitalis Health clinic in Belfast City Centre.
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In this blog post I will share with you a programme of twice weekly strength training exercises I have designed to build strength in a safe and sustainable way at home.
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Dr Siobhan Graham looks at Achilles tendinopathy, a common injury usually due to overuse of the Achilles tendon.
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In this blog post I look into the topic of antioxidants in your food, in particular where Polyphenols can be found, and some well known food sources of Polyphenols.
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A brief history of the origin of hand washing in the medical sphere.
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As the mother of two young children I have encountered sinusitis in my daughters on a regular basis.
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Last week, I started writing a blog on prostate cancer. As it’s November, and because most of us know and care for men who have a prostate, I thought the timing was good. I had no idea how many paths this would take me down, from learning why my grandmother told me “you must eat cream with your strawberries,” to my memories of working in New Zealand and the forgotten brazil nut.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has locked down sexual activity to a great extent. That means now is an important window of opportunity to get tested for sexually transmitted infections, according to health professionals quoted in a recent BBC report. In short, the drop in sexual encounters with new partners during the lockdown period means that testing and treatment could lead to very significant reductions in the spread of STIs.
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There are many medicines to get your bowels moving, the most common is lactulose which unfortunately is full of sugar.
I have four things that I recommend to patients to try, along with changing their diet.
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Coughs during the winter months are common and can last for weeks without causing any harm to your child. So how do you know when you child needs to see a doctor?
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While most of us will get a candida infection or thrush for the first time after taking an antibiotic, or having an infection of the intestine or the birth canal, a small number of us will get fungal infections because our immune system is not working normally either due to medication we are on, or because we have a condition that lowers our immune response.
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Now, you might say- “Why do we need a vaccine for a common, but not ‘serious’, sexually transmitted infection like Clamydia?”
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Unfortunately, as you get older shoulder pain may be something you have to deal with. Often you will have no recollection of doing anything to bring it on.
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With an ageing population it affects more humans than ever before. So can we really do anything to generate new brain cells and possibly slow down the onset of dementia?
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Given that everything we eat- fruit, vegetables, cheese, meat, some organic fruit and vegetables included- contain pesticides, the big question is: are pesticides in food really that bad?
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There are a million fish in the sea and so it seems there are a million theories on motivation, and that’s no joke!
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