Whelehans Health News

  Why is it getting more common?  Eamonn Brady is a pharmacist and the owner of Whelehans Pharmacy, Pearse St, Mullingar. Tel 0449334591. If you have any health questions e-mail them to info@whelehans.ie  Many studies show that asthma is getting more common in Ireland. I often get asked why this is the case? As an asthma sufferer myself, I decided to look into it more.  The 'hygiene hypothesis' The 'hygiene hypothesis' is a theory that lack of exposure in early childhood to infectious agents means that the child’s immune system has not been activated sufficiently during childhood. This lack of...

About 2 of a 100 people have a food allergy but many more have food intolerances. Food intolerance is an adverse reaction to a particular food or ingredient, which occurs every time the food is eaten. A food allergy is an allergic reaction to the food. An allergy produces symptom such as swelling of lips, which usually develops within minutes of eating the food, while intolerance produces more general symptoms, such as indigestion and bloating, which can develop several hours after eating. The symptoms of a food allergy can be life threatening, whereas the symptoms of a food intolerance are...

About 2 of a 100 people have a food allergy but many more have food intolerances. Food intolerance is an adverse reaction to a particular food or ingredient, which occurs every time the food is eaten. A food allergy is an allergic reaction to the food. An allergy produces symptom such as swelling of lips, which usually develops within minutes of eating the food, while intolerance produces more general symptoms, such as indigestion and bloating, which can develop several hours after eating. The symptoms of a food allergy can be life threatening, whereas the symptoms of a food intolerance are...

The Foot Clinic first opened its doors in Whelehan’s Pharmacy back in 2012 and has been keeping Mullingar on its feet ever since.  James is the founder of The Foot Clinic and has several years of experience in clinical management and foot health treatments and foot management of a wide range of foot ailments and offers a tailored approach to foot care in relaxed and comfortable surroundings across a wide range of locations.  James trained in the UK and is a registered member of the Association of Foot Health Professionals and a member of the British Association of Foot Health...

 Male Fertility- a herbal approach For some many couples getting pregnant is simply not as easy as it is for others. For many couples, there are no medical reasons why they should not conceive naturally but it still feels as though something is in the way. They spend hours crawling through the internet with conflicting evidence before contacting me. A fact that’s little understood is that 25 % of infertility is calculated to be directly due to the male partner but can be helped by using Chinese medicine. It is important to note that a population study looking at...