New Year, new you!
Although New Year’s resolutions come in all different shapes, sizes and styles, it seems many of them lean towards health and wellness. After all, healthy body, healthy mind, right? So if you’re looking to make 2020 your healthiest year yet, we’ve got the inside scoop from women’s health expert, author and speaker, Holistic Nutritionist Jessica […]
Making families
Metropol caught up with fertility specialist, Dr Pete Benny, who has just returned to New Zealand as Genea Oxford Fertility’s Medical Director, about the options available for making families. What attracted you to working in this field? I’d always enjoyed science, particularly learning about endocrinology (hormones). The field of fertility applies science to helping people […]
Feast your way to fab skin
They say you are what you eat. But can you feast your way to fabulous skin? Metropol catches up with Oxford Women’s Health dietitian Sara Widdowson to discuss the impact of diet on your skin. How much influence does our diet have on our skin? It seems many of us have skin complaints […]
Add natural vitality to your family’s health
Now taking its rightful place in the global spotlight as a ‘cannonball of goodness’, the humble blackcurrant was once known mainly for its high vitamin C values and as the basis of the free wartime children’s drink, Ribena. Turns out, vitamin C was only a small part of blackcurrants’ superpowers. After extensive clinical research blackcurrants, […]
From bathroom to spa
With a little imagination, bathrooms and ensuites can elevate to spa-resort status. We look at how to create a spa holiday experience without leaving home. The fluffy towel treatment Invest in the softest, oversized white spa-towels and a basket of rolled-up flannels. A plush new bath mat, the kind to sink your toes […]
Empowering retirees’ independence
A new tablet-based health, safety and connection system, designed with the collaboration of Kiwi seniors, has won the financial backing of Qestral Corporation and is now installed in 200-plus independent living homes at Alpine View Retirement Village in Christchurch. CEO of Spritely, Christopher Dawson, developed the system after his father suffered a medical […]
Quality Imaging using AI Tech
To provide for the rapidly evolving technological advances and interest in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Pacific Radiology has purchased its fifth MRI scanner for Canterbury, the top of the line Siemens 3T Magnetom Vida, now installed at Forté Health on Peterborough Street. MRI scans are minimally invasive and very safe; they do not use radiation […]
Plant-based Problems?
Eating, which was once a subsistence-driven activity motivated solely by the need for survival, is today driven equally by taste, fulfilment and efficiency as we increasingly seek food that is as quick to prepare as it is tasty. Add sustainability and nutritional efficacy to your plate and it’s a lot to chew. So […]
Bridging ‘Sex Ed’ Gaps
Is ‘sex ed’ failing the #metoo generation? It’s a question that is being asked by a Canterbury education expert. Navigating contemporary gender issues is already complicated for our young people and New Zealand’s traditional sexuality education is not keeping up, according to University of Canterbury Associate Professor Kathleen Quinlivan. Gender fluidity, consent, exposure […]
Keeping Winter Fit: Unichem Forté Pharmacy
Unichem Forté Pharmacy, located on Kilmore Street, is the ideal, convenient, central city pharmacy that offers a wide range of services, along with that ever so important carparking factor. With winter looming, now is the time to be the smart cookie for you and your whanau, and think about those crucial vaccinations that safeguard […]
