Health Articles
We have searched our journals and the web to bring you articles that we think might be of interest to you.
If you are interested in any topic at all, please email us and we will try to find some updated research on it.
If you have any queries on anything you read in our health articles section, please email us or come in to discuss your query with any of our knowledgeable available Pharmacists.
Glaucoma
The good news is that, if you are found to have glaucoma, it is treatable. Although damage to the optic nerve is not reversible, further damage to your eyesight can be stopped or slowed down.
Should you go Gluten-Free
Brain Awareness
According to the Brain Foundation, there are a wide number of conditions, diseases and injuries classified as ‘brain disorders’. These conditions include Alzheimer’s disease, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, and many others. Brain disease and injury affects millions of Australians and their loved ones.
Dementia
In Australia, 10% of people over the age of 65 and 30% over the age of 85 have some form of dementia – that’s more than 340,000 Australians. Dementia is more common in older people, although younger people are sometimes affected.
Teenagers and Alcohol - an unhealthy combination.
For adolescents, drinking alcohol contributes to the three leading causes of death for this age group – unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. In addition, over 50% of alcohol-related serious road injuries occur in the 15–24-year-old age bracket.
