Tag Archives: colon cancer

Life in death: Walk/​Run for the Care with Ian Anderson House

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Dr Aoife

For those of you don’t know, I’m a part of a rockin’ team called Finola’s Fans! My mother, Finola Earls, the head of the the team, passed away from can­cer three years ago under the care of a hos­pice for can­cer care called … Continue read­ing →

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Health moderation: Coffee consumption conundrum

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Dr Aoife

As prom­ised, health mod­er­a­tion series is off to a start, filled with sar­casm and just enough research and data to appease even the most crit­ical of indi­vidu­als and hope­fully less para­noia sprinkled in. Coffee is the topic of this con­ver­sa­tion, and … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 2: Cancer prevention

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Cancer is some­thing we have inside of us, all of the time. Before you google this state­ment and begin to panic, it is a simple phe­nomenon that hap­pens in our bod­ies when the nor­mal mech­an­isms for “con­trol” go wrong. Our cells have … Continue read­ing →

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Finola’s Fans: Walk for the Care 2012!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dr Aoife

It’s that time of year again, when every­one is involved in walks or run fun­drais­ing for their char­ity of choice, and I am no excep­tion! Yes, you are being hit up for money, or effort! :) As most of you know, the … Continue read­ing →

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The 10 things you can do to prevent colon cancer: Your life depends on it

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Dr Aoife

March is Colorectal Cancer Month. It’s a month that few people knew about until the last few years when a major cam­paign began with the colorectal soci­ety show­ing the der­rière on tele­vi­sion. Boy did it work. People are finally start­ing to talk about … Continue read­ing →

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Feeling down? Vitamin D levels and seasonal affective disorder

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Before dis­cuss­ing an indi­vidual vit­amin, I want to be very clear: Our body needs a mul­ti­tude of vit­am­ins at the right (optimal) levels on a con­tinu­ous basis. One vit­amin is rarely the answer for our best health, but many are vital to con­tin­ued health. As … Continue read­ing →

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