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From visiting the Algarve to counselling in the Algarve

By Joanna Gardner Dip IIP, MBACP, MASIIP I HAVE been visiting the Algarve annually for holidays since I was two-years-old and have seen many changes since 1960. Now, a mother

October 19, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Food and diabetes – Rules for a healthy diet – Part two

FOLLOWING ON from the last article (see August 18 edition of The Resident), here we are, once more, talking about healthy eating for diabetics, but also for everybody else as

September 13, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Slim down with summer foods!

By Dr. Maria Alice THE SUN is shining, temperatures are high. Summer is the time to shed layers of clothes … and some kilograms. There is always the choice of

August 31, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Food and diabetes – Rules for a healthy diet

Here we are again, talking about diabetes, the so-called plague of the century. Diabetes is serious, as it results in an accumulation of glucose in the blood, which, if left

August 20, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Mosquitoes! – By Dr. Maria Alice

THERE IS no doubt about it: mosquitoes are annoying. What is worse, their bites sometimes transmit serious diseases. Mosquitoes are vectors of many relevant human diseases like Malaria, as well

August 3, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Let’s talk about … food, hygiene and safety

being a technician in hygiene and safety in the workplace, I have been approached by various companies to clarify the up-to-date situation in relation to implementing food hygiene and safety

July 19, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Cosmetic surgery boom for over-61s

LOOKING GOOD is no longer the domain of the young, a BUPA survey has revealed. Figures from BUPA Hospitals show that increasing numbers of older Brits are turning to cosmetic

July 5, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Summer buyer’s guide

THIS SUMMER go “healthy” shopping for… Sunglasses: style and UV protection Would you like to protect your eyes and look as chic as a movie star in your new sunglasses?

July 5, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

Let’s have a drink … of water

By DR. MARIA ALICE LIFE TAKES place in an aqueous solution. The cells, the basic “bricks” that “construct” the human body, are mostly made of water, as is the blood

June 18, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription

In the summertime, when the weather is hot …

IT’S SWIMMING pool time! For everyone, grown-ups and children. Sometimes we have doubts about who has more common sense and who behaves more rationally. Trust me, I have been a

May 31, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Resident Prescription