Linda Caddick

With the latest measles outbreak people are asking their local pharmacists questions about measles: How do I catch it? What are the symptoms of measles?… Read more »

February is Heart Awareness month. Did you know that every 90 minutes, someone in New Zealand dies from heart disease and it is the leading… Read more »

Sunny summer days have meant lots of swimming and therefore more ‘swimmers ear’. We have also seen more people coming into the pharmacy asking for… Read more »

While medicine can make a huge improvement to our health, there are times when the medicine may make us feel unwell. Before a medicine is… Read more »

There was a recent death from meningitis reported in the newspapers. Although meningitis is more common in winter it is good for everyone to be… Read more »

As the weather continues to become warmer we see more people coming into the pharmacy to ask for help with their fungal infections. Fungi are… Read more »

The technical description of menopause is “a point in time 12 months after a woman’s last period”. The time of life this happens can vary… Read more »

While child cancer is rare it has a profound effect on the entire whanau. Around 150 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in New… Read more »

Worldwide, 300 million people who are living with viral hepatitis are unaware they have it. On World Hepatitis Day, 28 July, there is an international… Read more »

New science around probiotics proves that the bacteria (or bugs) that live in your intestine have a huge impact on the function of your body… Read more »