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Medical Weight Management: What You Need to Know About Weight Loss Treatments

If you’ve been hearing more about medical weight loss treatments from friends, family, social media or the news, you may be wondering what they actually are, how they work and...

FluMist®: The Needle-Free Flu Vaccine Changing Childhood Immunisation in WA

Book your Influenza Vaccine today What is FluMist? FluMist® is a needle-free influenza vaccine delivered as a gentle nasal spray rather than an injection. It contains a live attenuated (weakened)...

Personalised Care with Compounding Medications

Personalised Care with Compounding Medications at Belmont City Community Pharmacy. At Belmont City Community Pharmacy, we believe that every patient is unique, and their healthcare should be too. That’s why...

Protect Your Family: Why Whooping Cough Vaccinations Are Essential

At Belmont City Community Pharmacy, we’re committed to keeping you and your loved ones healthy. One of the most important ways to do this is by staying up to date...

Get Ready for Winter: Why You Should Get Your Flu Shot Early

Book Vaccinations Here. As the chilly winds of winter approach, it’s time to start thinking about your health and how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the Flu...

How to Treat Mild Insect Bites and Stings in Western Australia

Living in Western Australia means enjoying beautiful landscapes, warm weather, and plenty of time outdoors. However, it also means encountering insects like mosquitoes, ants, bees, and wasps. While most insect...

Here are some tips your Pharmacist wants you to know about Allergies and Hay Fever.

If you have allergies or hay fever, you’ve probably experienced an itchy throat, watery or scratchy eyes, and a runny or congested nose. You may even have a go-to remedy...

How to keep your skin happy and healthy during winter

As the temperature drops and the wind picks up, our skin faces a new challenge. During winter, dry, itchy, and red skin is a common complaint. Why is it the...

Find it hard to remember to take your medication? This can help.

Medications are important to improve our health and well-being. Sometimes, having multiple medications can be confusing and can lead to taking medication incorrectly. Think about it: You should take some...

What’s the importance of bowel health – and how can I improve mine?

We should all think more frequently about our bowel health, even though we might not discuss it every day. Maintaining tip top gut health can be achieved in two ways:...

Getting your Whooping Cough booster is the perfect gift you can give a new family.

Bringing a new baby into the world is a joyous occasion filled with excitement and anticipation. It’s natural to want to visit the new family and maybe gift them something...

Eight important health checks… Are you due for any of these?

These aspects of our health are especially important to consider, even though they may not be at the top of your list for a casual conversation. Ask your GP if...

What Is the Difference Between a Compounding Pharmacy and a Regular Pharmacy?

Compounding Lab When you’re given a prescription to treat an illness or a certain medical condition, you would usually need to go to a pharmacy to pick up your medication....

Could your joint pain be osteoarthritis?

In the busyness of day-to-day life, we can forget to check in with ourselves. But when it’s pain we’re ignoring, the knock-on effects can be unpleasant. If you experience joint...

Are you doing these 10 things for your health?

When it comes to keeping our health in tip-top shape, there are some tried and true habits we all need to adopt. Apart from helping us feel more positive and...

How to get Kids to Take Medicine: 6 helpful tips to know.

Often, it can be a challenging task to get a child to take medication. For some parents and carers, this can turn out to be the most difficult time of...

Do you know the stages of menopause?

Pardon? I hear you asking. You are not alone if you believed that menopause was a singular occurrence. However, this stage of life includes a number of phases and requires...

6 Fun Activities to do this Summer

1. Take a hike Lace up your hiking boots and get “off the beaten track” for some adventuring. You don’t have to go far… Kings Park or Bold Park have...

Vitamin B – A quick guide to Vitamin B Complex

Sometimes it’s just as important to bring your “B-game”! Although there may seem to be an alphabet soup-sized list of vitamins, there are actually only 13 in all, 8 of...

Type 2 Diabetes… and the risks associated with being overweight.

Firstly, let’s get a good understanding of what diabetes is? Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a condition where there is too much glucose (a type of sugar) in the blood because...

Spring… Allergies & Hay Fever

Ah, spring. It’s one of the most beautiful seasons of the year, when the earth awakens, the temperature rises, and new buds begin to bloom. But unpleasant allergies and hay...