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Health Matters – Let there be light (and dark!)

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There’s a new medicine on Tiree. It’s free. It’s all around us (during the day, anyway). It makes us sleep like babies and wake up full of energy. It stops us feeling depressed. But, like all medicines, there’s a downside, if we don’t use it properly. It can keep us awake at night, and even… »

Swine Flu – Is the Health Service on Tiree prepared?

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With daily newspaper reports of this new flu virus, An Tirisdeach wondered just how prepared our own medical service was if a much feared flu pandemic was to occur here on Tiree. What is a pandemic? A pandemic occurs when a new flu virus which people have no immunity to occurs and spreads as easily… »