Whelehans Health News
In this weeks Examiner, with just a few days to go until Lent ends....part 2 of Eamonns helpful stopping smoking article, focusing on the potential benefits of hypnosis harnessing your will power to help you succeed.....
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ASK YOUR PHARMACIST? How Hypnosis can help give up smoking Eamonn Brady is a pharmacist and the owner of Whelehans Pharmacies, Pearse St and Clonmore, Mullingar. If you have any health questions e-mail them to info@whelehans.ie How Hypnosis can help give up smoking? Most smokers want to quit. So why don’t they? The main reason given is that they are addicted to nicotine”. This is the rationale behind Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) like nicotine patches or gum. However, if it was as simple as this, everyone who uses nicotine replacement therapy would stop smoking, but this is not the...
With a couple of weeks of Lent still to go, how's the no smoking going? In this weeks Examiner, Eamonn offers tips on stopping smoking may give your will-power the boost it needs to see you through to Easter and beyond. You're doing great!! Keep going!!
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How Hypnosis can help give up smoking I previously discussed giving up smoking in the Westmeath Topic. I discussed the likes of nicotine patches, E-cigarettes as well as prescription medication like Zyban to help give up. Our pharmacist can advise on these many options. As Lent is a traditional time people to give up smoking, this week I discuss the non-medical intervention Hypnosis which can help you successfully give up. Whelehans welcome Hypnotherapist Elizabeth Clarke to our team at Whelehans Pharmacy Pearse St, Mullingar. To find how hypnotherapy can help you quit or to book an appointment call Elizabeth...
In this weeks Examiner, Eamonn outlines some basic steps you can take to help prevent heart disease
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ASK YOUR PHARMACIST? Basic steps to prevent heart disease Eamonn Brady is a pharmacist and the owner of Whelehans Pharmacies, Pearse St and Clonmore, Mullingar. If you have any health questions e-mail them to info@whelehans.ie Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is also known as heart disease and is the biggest killer in Ireland. It includes conditions such as coronary heart disease (angina and heart attack) and stroke. Risk factors High Blood Pressure High blood pressure is one of the biggest factors for heart disease. High BP affects up to 50% of middle-aged and older people. High BP has no symptoms...
Drinking and Driving - St Patricks weekend is here - be sure and make it memorable......for the right reasons
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Drinking and Driving Remember this St Patricks Day for the right reasons After a long winter and what seems like an eternity since the last Bank holiday, it’s here…it’s St Patricks Day with the bonus of it falling on a Sunday, a public holiday on Monday. There’s loads on this weekend, the parades, the rugby, all types of sport, thousands of family-oriented events across the country to celebrate our patron saint. Being Irish comes with a stereotypical view that it’s all about the “craic” and “drowning the shamrock” so, for many Paddy’s Day, involves the consumption of (varying quantities)...
Eamonn provides a comprehensive update on the Governments postponement of the proposed VAT increase on food supplements
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VAT increase on Supplements Deferred The VAT rate on food supplements was due to increase from 0% to 23% on March 1st. Due to an outcry from the public, health professionals, politicians and trade associations, the Minister for Finance Paschal Donoghue announced that that he will allow further time for the Government to review this VAT increase, so the VAT increase has been deferred by the Government until 1 November 2019. Since 1973, supplements have been at a Zero-rated VAT rate in Ireland, so this is all about to change. This means that that Food Supplements which include the...