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Longford Health: How to avoid high blood pressure

High blood pressure or hypertension affects over half of all adults in Ireland over 45 years of age. Approximately four in every five men and two in every three women with high blood pressure are not being treated according to the Irish Heart ...

19 Sept 2019 at 13:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson on picky eaters and stubborn coughs

Thank you for continuing to send in your health questions. I'll do my best to get to them all over the coming weeks. This week I have received some interesting questions regarding a toddler who is a picky eater and a cough that simply won’t ...

21 Feb 2020 at 17:39

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Longford Health: Reducing the risk of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men over 3,550 men are diagnosed here each year. Thankfully if caught in time the prognosis is very good. The cause of prostate cancer is relatively unknown but the risk maybe increased ...

11 Oct 2019 at 16:00

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Co Longford's Maria Edgeworth Festival still going strong after 24 years

In almost a quarter of a century, the festival has grown from strength to strength to the extent that there are people from across Europe and further afield who mark it in their calendars every year to ensure they don't miss it. This ...

19 Apr 2019 at 10:00

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Longford Health: Prepare yourself for cold & flu season

Winter is fast approaching with the days getting shorter and temperatures starting to fall. So what can we do to prepare ourselves ? Firstly our immune systems are under more pressure in the winter. We are often stuck in overheated ...

17 Oct 2019 at 13:00

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Longford Health: Keeping your bones strong & healthy

Keeping the bones healthy is important, particularly as you get older. The main disease associated with loss of bone strength is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too ...

12 Sept 2019 at 13:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson on eating well to age well

Last week, I was asked to do a talk for the Longford Age Friendly Alliance and Longford Older Persons Council in the Longford Arms. It was great to meet such a lovely and inspiring group of people. Getting older is something that ...

31 Oct 2019 at 19:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson answers your questions: Coronavirus and leg ulcers

Hi everyone, a big thank you for all your questions. I have chosen two that I think are quite relevant at the moment but please continue to send them in. I promise to do my best to get through them all. I have had so many ...

04 Mar 2020 at 15:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson on perimenopause and getting enough veg

Hi everyone and many thanks for all your questions. Once again I have picked the most common topics but will get through as many as I can over the coming weeks. Many people are very concerned about the coronavirus and ...

12 Mar 2020 at 19:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson on natural remedies for the Christmas season

Christmas for many of us is a time for socialising and catching up with family and friends but this can often mean over indulging leading to some unpleasant symptoms. So what can you do to make sure that you are well ...

25 Dec 2019 at 11:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson on staying healthy this Christmas

Christmas is a time of overindulgence. For many people, drinking and eating often dominate the festive period. Did you know that the average person consumes nearly 6,000 calories on Christmas day alone? That is ...

22 Dec 2019 at 12:00

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Longford's Laura Thompson answers your health questions: Tiredness, food allergies and colds & flu

Dear Laura, I hope you can help me. I am feeling very tired lately even though I am getting plenty of sleep. I get really tired after eating my dinner and feel quite bloated. I was wondering could I be ...

14 Feb 2020 at 11:00

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