If you are struggling with chronic depression, anxiety or other mood disorders, it is important to have your thyroid function assessed. This is because thyroid hormones play an important role in the functioning of the brain including neuron health, brain-based immune cells called microglia and the blood brain barrier. It […]
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Pain isn’t just physical; there are biological, psychological and emotional factors involved, and physiotherapist and pilates instructor Lowry O’Mahony is keen to emphasis the importance of an all-encompassing approach in getting clients back to full health. Lowry has seen such a growth in demand for her services that she is opening a […]
Emotions are intense. Our moments and days can be completely altered purely by mood, for better or for worse. On the bright side, the landscape of emotion is colourful, dynamic, ever-changing and intriguing. Like a voyage across the ocean, we will all inevitably know what it is to be tossed […]
I don’t tend to get a lot of feedback from my articles so I can only hope that readers enjoy them and learn from my experience and particular ‘take’ on GP and Emergency Medicine. It is also a real privilege to be in the company of some really excellent contributors […]
More and more people are aware of the Gut-Brain Axis but today I am talking about the importance of the Brain-Gut connection. When suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms that have been going on for a long time, many people assume that it must be to do with food sensitivities or low-level […]
Lorraine Dufficey has been teaching Pilates for nearly 20 years, starting in 2005 in Skibbereen and Clonakilty, at a time when few had heard of the method in West Cork. Now this journey has led her to build her own studio in Rossmore near Clonakilty, offering a warm and intimate […]