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    Health: Dementia

    © LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a topic many people with have so ...

    © LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a topic many people with have some experience in dealing with – dementia.   Dementia is the name given to a group of symptoms t ...

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    Health: Shoulder pain

    © Aleksej / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers the common problem of shoulder pain.   Man ...

    © Aleksej / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers the common problem of shoulder pain.   Many people will suffer with a shoulder problem at some point in their life – it can have a huge e ...

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    Health: Looking at bowel cancer

    © Daniel / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at bowel cancer We’ve covered this topic bef ...

    © Daniel / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at bowel cancer We’ve covered this topic before, but it is so important it’s worth covering again. People can be embarrassed to seek help f ...

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    Health: Shingles

    GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an i ...

    GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes a painful skin rash on one area of the body. It is caused by a virus calle ...

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    Health: Dealing with depression

    © Jamie / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores an issue which the statistics reveal to be a particula ...

    © Jamie / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores an issue which the statistics reveal to be a particular problem in construction     Let’s talk about mental health again. This topic keeps popping up ...

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    Health: Dermatitis

    © Ольга Тернавская / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores another work-related condition   This month ...

    © Ольга Тернавская / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores another work-related condition   This month we cover another condition that can be work-related – dermatitis. Dermatitis means inflammatio ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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