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Contents
Breast Screening This section tells you all about mammograms and the Breast Test Wales screening program.....
Contraceptive pill All about "the pill" - how to start, advantages & disadvantages, starting after pregnancy.....
Diabetes How it is diagnosed, what treatments are used in Pencoed, local eye screening program.....
Haemorrhoids If you're too embarrassed to ask us directly, you might find this information useful.......
Heart Attack All about heart attacks, life after a heart attack, the Pencoed Low Fat diet......
High Blood Pressure Diagnosis, treatments used at the Medical Centres, investigations........
Minor Illness Back pain, Burns, Colds & flu, head lice, chickenpox, diarrhoea, sprains, high temperature, bites......
Pregnancy Smoking & alcohol effects, conception, infertility, miscarriage, medicines, antenatal clinic times and after delivery.....
Prostate Symptoms All about prostate disease, the "PSA Test" and IPSS scoring.......
Sleep Problems How to get a good night's sleep without resorting to medicines....
Steroids Steroid tablet treatment in asthma. A copy of our advice card.........
Travel & Holiday advice Sunburn, diarrhoea, DVT, cuts & grazes, insect bites, hay fever, sprains, women's health, holidays in the UK, medicines, travel sickness, travel & pregnancy, pre-existing illnesses & travel, diabetic travellers, Malaria.........

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