New vaccines
By: Dr. Maria Alice Consultant in General and Family Medicine Director – Luzdoc International Medical Service features@algarveresident.com IN THE US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first
Plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
By: Dr. Júlio Matias features@algarveresident.com EVEN THOUGH everyone has heard or spoken about “plastic surgery” for many years, it is a young and innovative specialty. Due to the rapid development
Self-image, self-esteem and eating disorders
By: Dr Maria Alice features@algarveresident.com I’m fat. I’m too skinny. I’d be happy if I were taller, shorter, had curly hair, straight hair, a smaller nose, bigger muscles, longer legs.
The future is … what you make of your own present
By: Dr. MARIA ALICE Consultant in General and Family Medicine Director – Luzdoc, International Medical Service features@algarveresident.com I BELIEVE that many of you have heard about the Chinese doctors of
Understanding diarrhoea
By: Dr. MARIA ALICE Consultant in General and Family Medicine Director – Luzdoc, International Medical Service features@algarveresident.com IT IS not easy to understand what diarrhoea is, as it is not
Not enough time!
By Dra Maria Alice features@algarveresident.com Dra Maria Alice is a Consultant in General and Family Medicine and Director of the Luzdoc International Medical Service. Rush, rush, rush – rushing through
The flu pandemic
By DRª MARIA ALICE features@algarveresident.com Drª Maria Alice is a consultant in General and Family Medicine, and is Director of Luzdoc International Medical Service in Praia da Luz, near Lagos.
Medicine … in the fast lane
By DRª MARIA ALICE PESTANA SERRANO E SILVA features@algarveresident.com Drª Maria Alice is a consultant in General and Family Medicine, and is Director of Luzdoc International Medical Service in Praia
Silent night … holy night ….
BY: Drª Maria-Alice of Luzdoc Medical Centre, Praia da Luz Email: dra.maria-alice@portugalresident.com DECEMBER IS here again and with it all the joys of Christmas. There is a lot of confusion
A companion for life
By Dr. Maria Alice CHRONIC ILLNESS, once diagnosed, becomes a companion for the rest of your days and the worse thing is that you cannot even divorce it. Coping with