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Health – Flu lingers on

Although spring is here, we are still in the throes of the winter cold and flu epidemic and have been seeing many ill people through...

Health – A clinical conundrum

Back pain is one of the most common pain problems that we suffer from in the Western world, and New Zealand is no exception. The...

Health – Eye issues

My freesias are in full bloom in our garden and there’s a light coating of yellow pine pollen on my car. That can only mean...

Health – Getting your life back

Cancer survivors – of which there are more and more, thanks to improvements in screening and treatment – still have big hurdles to face. Not...

Health – Supplements

There is often much confusion about whether nutritional supplementation is important, necessary and beneficial, or bad, dangerous and a huge waste of money. Firstly, why...

Health – Don’t let Christmas be a turkey

With 2020 crashing on us like a wrecking ball, it’s no surprise that for some ‘being jolly’ these holidays might feel a bit of a...

Health – Adapting to change

Life has changed so much – and will continue to change. As humans are creatures of habit we don’t always like change, because adapting our...

Health – Travel insurance of a different kind

Have you heard of desynchronosis? It’s another word for jetlag and comes from a Latin word meaning ‘unsynchronized’. When we travel on a plane, we find...

Health – Cheesy choices

Once upon a time, across little young New Zealand, a proud regional cheese-making tradition thrived. These days, New Zealand is world famous overseas for its...

Health – Free weed

Go for a wander and inhale deeply. Take her all in and be enveloped in the haze. For now is the season of delicious weed....