Combatting heart disease
Eight women die every day in New Zealand from heart disease. This staggering death toll has prompted the Heart Foundation to highlight heart attacks, deeming them a “a critical issue affecting women’s health”. Foundation statistics show that heart disease is the single biggest cause of death among women in New Zealand, claiming the […]
Temperature treatments
Actresses Courtney Cox loves an ice bath, while Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan of a sauna. Harnessing the benefits of the heat or cold, temperature therapy is gaining popularity as a natural approach to bettering overall wellbeing. For very few people would a plunge into freezing cold water be a comfortable thing. The […]
The milky way
Most adults drink milk in one form or another, in their tea or coffee, on their cereal, by the glass, enjoying a wide variety of cow, goat, nut, and plant-based options. Consuming the correct foods after a workout can be an incredibly beneficial tool in your exercise routine. For hydration, muscle protein increases, […]
Getting back to working: Enableworks
If you have had an accident or experience chronic pain, returning to a regular work schedule may seem impossible. Loss of confidence, feeling stressed, depressed, or out of control because of pain, compound the difficulties experienced in committing to a work schedule. Fortunately, local company EnableWorks holds the licence in New Zealand for […]
Diabetes funding from July
Pharmac has announced that continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps will be fully funded for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) from July this year. Dr Rosemary Hall, Endocrinologist and President of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes, says this is “arguably the biggest day for people with diabetes ever […]
Feeling your age: Connect Chiropractic
“If you would seek health, look first to the spine.” – Socrates Ageing is an inevitability, yet the rate at which it occurs certainly is not. We all know 40-year-olds who look and function like they’re 60, we all know 60-year-olds who look and function like they’re 40. Why is that? “We are […]
Future proofing your fertility: Fertility Associates
Egg freezing is an opportunity. It’s a small task now, that sets up your future self with the option to choose. “There are a lot of professional women, who are ‘head down, bum up,’ building their careers. As a result, the biological clock ticks away in the background,” Fertility Associates’ Val Graham says. […]
Wide-awake surgery: Dudley Creek Health
The world of surgery has experienced a paradigm shift with the wide-awake surgery procedure called ‘WALANT’ (Wide Awake Local Anaesthetic No Tourniquet). Since the Covid pandemic, wide-awake surgery has become increasingly popular across the world. For this procedure, local anaesthetic and adrenaline are administered to patients undergoing surgery without the requirement of conventional […]
Reach for zinc
Zinc may not immediately grab the gut health spotlight, yet this essential mineral plays a critical role in gut integrity and an endless array of processes that allow our digestive systems to do their vital work. That’s the advice from leading Australasian nutritional biochemist Dr Libby Weaver. “Imagine your digestive system as a […]
Damaging to lungs
Over the past few years, there has been increasing concern about the use of silica-containing artificial stone – which is used to make bench tops for kitchens and bathrooms. When silica dust is inhaled, it can cause permanent damage to the lungs and the respiratory illness silicosis can develop. Silicosis causes scarring of […]
