Health - West Cork People

The struggle of perimenopause

Dr Paula Stanley November, 2026

Since moving back to Cork three-and-a-half years ago after working as an a GP for the NHS for 28 years, I have taken on a number of roles, from setting up and running the pilot of a dedicated Women’s Health Clinic in both Skibbereen and Bantry to working as a […]

Herbs for the everyday

Hannah Dare September, 2026

One of the things I love about working in a health food shop is that, despite all the changes in health and wellness over the past 30 years, some of the old herbal remedies remain firm favourites. A.Vogel is a good example. We have stocked the range for as long […]

Cystitis: Just a wee infection?

Dr Paula Stanley September, 2026

I feel that urine infections in women can be a condition that is put down to something we simply have to put up with. The reality is that many women do not ‘bother’ their GP every time they have a bout of cystitis; urine infections are not regarded as a serious […]

The child you remember versus the teenager standing in front of you

Tatjana Simakova September, 2026

Recently, during one of our online parenting discussions, a mother admitted something that made several other parents immediately nod in recognition: “I miss the little girl she used to be.” There was no criticism in the way she said it, and no suggestion that she didn’t love the teenager her […]

The locus of evaluation

Leo Muckley September, 2026

Carl Rogers’ concept of an internal versus external locus of evaluation offers a useful way of understanding what happens when we lose contact with our own needs and begin to rely heavily on other people to tell us who we are and whether we are doing life ‘correctly.’ Although the […]

Treating neuroinflammation may help recovery from Functional Neurological Disorder

WCP Staff September, 2026

by Eoin Roe I am seeing more and more patients who have been given a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). It is given to those presenting with neurological symptoms like gait and balance issues, new speech problems, occasional paralysis of limbs, dysautonomia (problems with sympathetic /parasympathetic tone) and other neurological […]

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