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  • Ask Kate - Iron Deficiency

    Iron Deficiency Anaemia The body requires three things to produce red blood cells – iron, vitamin b12 and folic acid. Red blood cells contain haemoglobin, which helps transport oxygen around the body. Oxygen is carried from the lungs to the body and then the red blood cell carries carbon dioxide...

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  • Ask Kate - Vaginal Dryness

    Vaginal Dryness Vaginal dryness (also known as atrophic vaginitis) is common in post-menopausal women and also in women who have had both ovaries removed at the time of hysterectomy. Vaginal dryness is most commonly caused by a reduction in the amount of estrogen. Estrogen helps to maintain the hydration and...

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  • Ask Kate - Thrush

    Thrush is something that as women we generally don't like to talk about it. However it is a common condition for women, so for Women's Health month we have our Clinical Pharmacist Kate shedding a little light on thrush. Vaginal Thrush Often referred to as “thrush”, vulvovaginal candidiasis, is a...

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  • October is all about Women’s Health, so we got Kate along to talk about a problem that many have unfortunately experienced, UTIs. Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Often we call these “cystitis” which means an infection of the bladder, or simply as a “bladder infection”. This occurs when bacteria infect the...

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