Breast is best
By KAREN MORGAN health@the-resident.com Karen Morgan is a Registered General Nurse and a Registered Midwife, working at the Family Medical Centre Quinta do Lago & Vale do Lobo Medical Centre.
Live healthily, eat smart
By DOREEN ZANDER health@algarveresident.com HEALTHY EATING is about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible – all which can be achieved by learning some nutrition
Safe drinking during the festive season
By SALLY VINCENT health@algarveresident.com THE FESTIVE season is virtually upon us but Christmas 2008 is destined to be different. The credit crisis and recession are bound to put a damper
Seeing inside you
By DRª ROSA MAIA health@algarveresident.com
Snoring and sleep apnoea
By MIKE DIKES health@the-resident.com Mr Mike Dilkes MS FRCS is a Consultant ENT Surgeon. MANY READERS will have, probably literally, heard of snoring. However, most of you won’t know what
Fast summer tips for Him and Her
FOR HER 1. Dry lips love a scrub. Slap on lots of petroleum jelly and then use an old toothbrush in small circular movements to lift off dry skin. Splash
Healthcare report
PORTUGAL HAS been highlighted in a new European Union report as “struggling to deliver adequate levels of care” and has been placed near the bottom of the healthcare league table.
Health survey
A SURVEY by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that health care services around the world both within and between countries are “dangerously out of balance”. Massive inequalities in
PT balance healthy in spite of crisis
THE PRESIDENT of Portugal Telecom said on Tuesday that the company had a healthy balance and could count on funds in the region of 2.3 billion euros. Addressing members of
Healthy restaurants
TRADITIONAL PORTUGUESE food served in restaurants has been deemed “healthy” by the Association of Restaurants in Portugal (ARESP). A survey into the nutritional value of foods served in Portuguese restaurants