My name is Cecília Santos João and I have been working as a translator and teacher of Portuguese and English as Foreign Languages for over 25 years. Translating something is Continue Reading
Mrs. Helena bursts into the pharmacy and exclaims, placing the prescription on the counter: “I’m tired, I give up!” And keeps going: “I no longer Continue Reading
In 2017, at one of those long school lunches in the cafeteria, the school coordinator asked if there was anyone with project ideas for the coming year. And I said yes. I had Continue Reading
A days ago, I accepted the healthy snacks challenge, so, “we rolled up our sleeves” and… well, it was not love at first sight. But I’ve come up with Continue Reading
This week, regarding the celebration of World Food Day, the kids received suggestions for “healthy” snacks at school. We talked, we took and added ingredients to Continue Reading
Vitamins, supplements, preventions and treatments So much to address! So broad a topic that gets often addressed to us at the counter and at home, and that so often leaves us Continue Reading
Although we are dreaming of longer and hotter days, we have been taking advantage of the late afternoons, after school and the many activities, to take long walks, because Continue Reading
A few days ago, I went with my youngest child to the civil registry office, with the aim of renewing her citizen’s card. When we arrived, the size of the queue was Continue Reading
Celiac Disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease that occurs following the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals, and is characterized by atrophy of the small Continue Reading
Anxious… One of the things that moves me the most at the counter (and even out of it), is anxiety. To see a person drowning in his/her own circumstances is always painful to Continue Reading
About Me
Luísa Leal
I like to talk, listen, help and clarify doubts often raised at the pharmacy counter and increasingly on the internet.
So the idea of this blog was born!
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