Monthly Archives: August 2021
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Posted: August 30, 2021Categories: Sexual Health...Read more
Quitting smoking is one of the best ways to improve your health overall. Along with other measures to improve health such as weight management and exercise, quitting smoking will give you great health improvement results. Maybe you’d never think of it - but it can, with other measures, improve your sexual health! To assess your sexual health, you can visit Pearl Chemist Group’s sexual health services in Wandsworth. We can also help you quit smoking at our stop smoking services in Mitcham.
What is Sexual Health?
Sexual health is more than the focus on negative aspects of sexual intimacy such as STI prevention or abuse issues. It includes all the elements of a positive sexual attitude: knowledge/information; safety, respect and communication.Poor overall health can lead to a low self worth, and a low self worth can detract from your ability or
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Posted: August 25, 2021Categories: Emergency contraception...Read more
Sometimes intimacy can lead to an unforeseen accident. This can be anything from failed contraception (broken condom), being swept away in the moment where contraception is not used, or not realizing that certain medications decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. In the event any of these occur, you could be risking an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. If this is the case, you do have a choice. Emergency contraception such as an IUD and “The Morning After Pill”. Pearl Chemist Group carries morning-after pills available for you to order online for delivery direct to your door.
What Are My Emergency Contraception Options?
1. An IUD (intrauterine device) or coil
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Posted: August 21, 2021Categories: Flu vaccination...Read more
Now that it is cold and flu season, you should book your flu vaccine if you have not done so already. The flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself against the more serious consequences of the flu. The flu goes around every year, mostly in the winter and it is a highly infectious illness. That means it spreads very easily from person to person. A flu tends to be much worse than a cold. To keep yourself safe this flu season, book your flu vaccine at the Pearl Chemist Group location in Earlsfield.
What Is The Flu?
The flu is caused by a virus that gets inside of your lungs. Antibiotics are not effective for viruses, but could be needed if there are complications from the flu. The flu is spread through coughs and sneezes of infected individuals.What Are the Top 3 Myths About the Flu Vaccine?
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Posted: August 19, 2021Categories: Migraine Tratment
Everyone has suffered from a headache and some people suffer from them from time to time. Headaches can be very debilitating when you have them. Whilst they are very common in occurrence, there can be many causes.
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Posted: August 16, 2021Categories: Sexual Health...Read more
Good sexual health is a great deal more than being free from STI’s. Sexual health encompasses having both a respectful and positive approach to both sexual relationships and sexuality. This includes having safe as well as pleasurable sexual experiences without fear, violence, coercion, or any discrimination.
Access to good sexual health is dependent on a number of things such as:
- Individual’s access to good information pertaining to sex and sexuality
- Information and education concerning risks and vulnerability surrounding sex and sexuality
- Access to sexual health care
- Living in and maintaining an environment tha
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Posted: August 12, 2021Categories: Sore Throat Treatment
Being ill, in general, is not a comfortable experience. You may have a fever, a runny nose, a cough and body aches. One of the worst symptoms can be a sore throat because it can stop you from eating and drinking, when you need to eat and drink to help you get better.
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Posted: August 05, 2021Categories: Repeat Prescription Service
Are you still getting your prescriptions the ‘old fashioned’ way? That long process with multiple trips to multiple locations such as the GP surgery and then the chemist in order to fill a prescription?
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Posted: August 02, 2021Categories: weight management service
Weight management is important to engage in whether or not you have issues with your weight. Weight management programmes shine a light upon your overall health situation, including your physical and mental health and your nutrition. If you are overweight, improvements to your body weight can increase your health multiple times over. Pearl Chemist Group has compassionate and discreet adult weight management and weight loss services in London.
Statistics show that successful weight loss and weight management begins with a robust support system. Sometimes it’s not something we want to place on our friends and family and it is more useful to seek professional support. If you are overweight, the benefits of weight loss are plentiful and important. Weight management can help you avoid serious health conditions such as: