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Health: Gambling disorder
|Date: 16 July, 2025

Health: Gambling disorder
© REDPIXEL / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about an issue which can lead to huge menta ...
© REDPIXEL / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about an issue which can lead to huge mental stress: gambling. In the UK, gambling is a common activity that many people do for fun. You ...
16 July, 2025
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Health: Continuing the conversation about suicide
|Date: 31 May, 2025

Health: Continuing the conversation about suicide
© APchanel / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon continues the conversation about suicide Professi ...
© APchanel / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon continues the conversation about suicide Professional Builder is committed to promoting openness about mental health and providing information t ...
31 May, 2025
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Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon discusses diabetes
|Date: 29 February, 2024

Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon discusses diabetes
© Minerva Studio / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon revisits a very common condition Diabetes is disease ...
© Minerva Studio / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon revisits a very common condition Diabetes is disease that causes the body’s blood sugar level to be too high. Blood sugar levels are controlled by a ...
29 February, 2024
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Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at carpal tunnel syndrome
|Date: 30 January, 2024

Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at carpal tunnel syndrome
© anut21ng Stock / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon explores a condition that many tradespeople will be f ...
© anut21ng Stock / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon explores a condition that many tradespeople will be familiar with This month we cover more about carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We touched on this t ...
30 January, 2024
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Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon tackles hand-arm vibration syndrome
|Date: 29 December, 2023

Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon tackles hand-arm vibration syndrome
© sima / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at another condition related to the workplace: ...
© sima / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at another condition related to the workplace: hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). HAVS is a condition caused by regular, prolonged use of ...
29 December, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at hearing loss
|Date: 30 November, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at hearing loss
© NaruFoto / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about hearing loss related to noise at wor ...
© NaruFoto / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about hearing loss related to noise at work. Lots of people work in loud environments or with machinery and tools that make a lot of noi ...
30 November, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on silica and asbestos
|Date: 31 October, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on silica and asbestos
© Ecology / Adobe Stock Following last month’s article on general workplace related lung disease, GP Alic ...
© Ecology / Adobe Stock Following last month’s article on general workplace related lung disease, GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on conditions related to two different dangerous particles – silica and as ...
31 October, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about occupational lung disease
|Date: 30 September, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about occupational lung disease
© nimito / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at the risks to health from your working env ...
© nimito / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at the risks to health from your working environment. The column this month and next is about occupational lung disease (OLD). The term ‘oc ...
30 September, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon explains Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
|Date: 29 July, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon explains Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
© Yura Yarema / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA for ...
© Yura Yarema / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA for short). A what? Let’s break it down and discover exactly what an AAA is. Let’s start with the f ...
29 July, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers bursitis
|Date: 28 June, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers bursitis
© Ievgen Skrypko / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a condition called bursitis. You may ...
© Ievgen Skrypko / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a condition called bursitis. You may have heard bursitis mentioned recently if you listen to the Professional Builder podcast. We d ...
28 June, 2023
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