Welcome back to the fifth installment of The Weekly Balance! We've made it through another week - and I hope enjoyed ourselves along the way. Here's how my week looked! What went on in my doctor life... As many of you will have seen on the news by now, there is currently a global outbreak … Continue reading The Weekly Balance – Week #5
Week number FOUR of the Weekly Balance gang - sitting down to write this post has fast become one of my favourite parts of the week! Let's get into this week's recap. What went on in my doctor life... This week was a bit of a mish-mash work-wise. I spent the first half of my … Continue reading The Weekly Balance – Week #4
Welcome back to another Weekly Balance post from me to you guys! I've been so so delighted with how many of you have been reading these articles - I love writing them and I'm really glad you all seem to be enjoying checking them out each week. Let's have a look at how this week … Continue reading The Weekly Balance – Week #3
Well hey there gang - welcome to week 2 of The Weekly Balance! I was delighted with the feedback I got from you guys after last week's first installment. If you haven't seen Week 1 or the Introduction to this series yet, you can check both out here. Basically, I wanted to write more regularly on my … Continue reading The Weekly Balance – Week #2
Alright, here goes! The first of my 'Weekly Balance' posts. So this week for me has been a bit 'all over the place' as we say in Ireland. I'd like to wish you all HAPPY NEW YEAR and the very best wishes for 2020! I can't believe New Year's Eve and Day were just this … Continue reading The Weekly Balance – Week #1
Okay gang, here's the deal. I love to write. But finding TIME to write in and outside of my day job as a doctor is pretty tricky, especially since I started a new job as a public health specialist registrar (i.e. senior doctor trainee) in July 2019. There's 24 hours in the day, and quite … Continue reading The Weekly Balance – An Introduction
What an incredibly beautiful city! View from Legion Bridge At the end of October, my sister and I went on a 3 day trip to see Prague. It was an absolutely wonderful mini-holiday, and I was utterly enchanted by Prague. It's become my custom to share my little food and travel guides for places … Continue reading The Irish Balance Guide to… Prague
I am delighted to now be a regular contributor to The Food Medic website of Dr. Hazel Wallace. Many of you I'm sure follow Hazel too, and I'm a big fan of her messages on social media as a fellow doctor. I recently wrote an article for Hazel's website all about influenza (i.e. the flu!), and I … Continue reading Influenza – Protect Yourself Against the Flu
Those of you who follow my social media (mostly Instagram!) as well as my blog will know that every Thursday (for about 2 months now!) I pop onto the Irish radio station iRadio to chat about a different health-related topic each week. I absolutely love the slot, and get excited every week to shed some light on … Continue reading Getting Savvy About Your Sexual Health
When I discuss preventive medicine on my blog and social media, most people assume that I’m referring to the importance of healthy lifestyle behaviours such as a healthy diet, regular exercise, not smoking, etc. And frequently I am, but health behaviours don’t just refer to what we eat and drink, and how much activity we … Continue reading Infectious Disease Are Not Invisible
