It’s Christmas Eve and the temptation is to have a few beers or a glass of wine to celebrate the festive season. All that is fine, as long as you are not on any medicines – over the counter or prescribed. Unfortunately, many people are unaware of the risks of mixing medicines and alcohol and [...]
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Anyone familiar with Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS), where seemingly healthy young people collapse and die, will be interested to hear of a new service available to schools and clubs involved in sport. Heartaid – Mobile Cardiac Screening is a new unique cardiac screening service set up to provide heart testing to schools and clubs [...]
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Former Munster and Irish International rugby player Mick Galwey is encouraging smokers to get help to quit the habit. Ninety per cent of smokers believe they are addicted or would find it very hard to quit smoking, according to recent research commissioned by Pfizer. “I never smoked and am very glad for that,” said Mick. [...]
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