What’s The Best Way To Care For Your Nails?
Are you taking good care of your nails? Here’s what you need to know to keep your fingernails in tiptop shape.
Herbal Remedies and Supplements that are Potentially Unsafe
The year 2020 has the whole world reaching for alternative ideas to keep them in the best of health. Immune boosters include supplements such as echinacea, colloidal silver, green tea, selenium, vitamin C, and vitamin D. Antiviral supplements include elderberry, garlic, oleander, quercetin, and zinc. While most supplements are safe in all situations, some supplements…
Kirk Pharmacy Hurricane Tips
When preparing for a hurricane, Kirk Pharmacy offers the following tips: Create a household plan for evacuating and finding a local shelter. Keep a written record of your current prescriptions and medication for your family or pet with you at all times in a plastic container to keep it safe from damage. This is especially…
How to Apply Sunscreen
Sunscreen is safe and can protect your skin against skin cancer and premature aging. However, it is not as effective unless it’s applied correctly.
Choosing and Using the right Insect Repellents
With the recent surge of mosquitos on the island, it’s important to have effective mosquito repellents on hand to keep these pesky critters at bay. Bugs such as mosquitoes, ticks and flies are carriers for diseases and a bite from them can make humans very ill.
Keep Children Cool! Protect your Child from Extreme Heat
Its hot out there! Here are a few tips and ideas on how to keep kids cool and protect them from extreme heat difficulties.
Covid-19: Latest Store Updates
We’re all in this together Store Updates and Information We want to make sure you know what to expect when visiting our store in the coming weeks, as well as how we’re responding to the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. We are taking extended measures to ensure the safety and wellness of our community, including adjusting…
Mask Irritating Your Skin? Here’s What Can Help
Do you have issues with dryness, itching, redness on the hands, face and behind the ears due to the new COVID-19 guidelines? Here are some useful tips to help manage these issues: Use fragrance-free and dye-free soaps, sanitizers, and moisturizers (“unscented” products are not “fragrance-free”) Wash with mild soap and lukewarm water and pat the…
Natural Medicines for Anxiety During COVID-19 Pandemic
We have all been under tremendous stress over the last two months, with even the happiest of souls struggling to stay positive in this pandemic. Lots of customers have been asking about natural ways to cope with anxiety, so we have put together a summary of the latest findings on what works and what to…
The Deal with Vitamin D
Vitamin D is an important vitamin that promotes absorption of calcium, regulates bone growth, and plays a role in immune function. You may have heard that most of us do not get enough due to lack of sun exposure and sunscreen use.
When and How to Wash Your Hands
You can help yourself and your loved ones stay healthy by washing your hands often, especially during these key times when you are likely to get and spread germs: Before, during, and after preparing food Before eating food Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhoea Before and after treating a cut or wound After using the toilet After changing…