‘Do your own research!’ is a statement I am seeing frequently nowadays, especially when it comes to COVID-19 vaccination. Perhaps it is a mistrust of anything media related or the explosion of the socials and the amount of misinformation being peddled from people all over the world. Perhaps it is …
Summer time, and the vitamin D is easy Summer is just around the corner. Cloudless days and the warmth upon our skins is a welcome change to the seemingly endless winter. One of the most frequently purchased natural supplements from Geeveston Pharmacy is vitamin D. This vitamin is produced from …
Are you over COVID? If you are like me, you’ve had enough of the COVID-19 virus changing our lives. We can no longer greet people with a hand shake, we have to socially distance, check-in and sanitise our hands wherever we go and run the risk of your mini break …
Feeling The Winter Pain With the chilly winds barrelling through the Huon and the icy stillness of the early morning, many of us seem to experience more pain than usual during this time of year. Medications do have their place in the management of pain, especially for short term pain. …
Men’s Worst Enemy Is Within Since it is International Men’s Health Week and I just happen to be a man, I thought this month I would talk about how we can be our own worst enemy when it comes to mental health. When I was growing up in a rough …
National Families Week This week marks National Families Week, which is a celebration of the vital role that families play in our society. What has come to light over recent years is how we define a family. A family is not necessarily mum, dad, the kids and the family dog. …
It’s Time To Unplug Balance is such an important aspect to our health yet many of us become unbalanced due to work, technology and the combination of these. Mobile phones give us the ability to always be ‘plugged in’ to the socials, to work and to other people, no matter …
The Ultimate Gift In life we all have hopes and expectations of what life will be like in the future. Bushfires changed this for many people, COVID-19 changed this and so can a life threatening illness. There are illnesses that can irreversibly damage and destroy organs within our body where …
Matters of the Heart Valentine’s Day is here and time for us hapless blokes and ladies to go to the local florist to buy a beautiful bunch of red roses for our loved ones. This may all seem a little contrived but I believe this ritual to be important to …
COVID-19 One of the most challenging years in recent history has been 2020, with COVID-19 causing havoc throughout communities and countries across the world. COVID-19 is no ordinary flu, with relatively high death rates (up to 40 times the death rates of seasonal influenza) and long-term health complications. Globally, many …
