Well-being 8 - Working Wise

Sleep Day

Sleep Day. Yes, that’s a thing now. “Approximately half of us never, or rarely, wake feeling refreshed in the morning. We also have difficulty getting back to sleep when we…

Breast Cancer Awareness

Around 3000 NZ women and 20 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Early detection is crucial. A study released in 2015 revealed a 34% reduction in the rate of death…

ACC and Schizophrenia

There is no consensus over the cause of schizophrenia. It is generally agreed that it arises from a combination of factors hence each each case should be treated as unique.…

Sweet or Sickly: How bad is sugar, really?

According to the 2008/09 NZ Adult Nutrition Survey (http://goo.gl/xkPJZT), kiwi males consume an average 120g of total sugars per day (including sugar from milk products and fruit). Females consume 96g.…

Diet vs. Nutrition

The US Centre for Disease Control estimates that at any given time 45% of women and 23% of men are on a diet (http://goo.gl/B4h5cz). Of these, 35% go on to…

Allergic Rhinitis, AKA Hay Fever

Spring is hay fever season for about 1.2 million kiwis. Despite the name, hay fever is almost never triggered by hay; and it doesn’t produce a fever. The scientific name…

Processed Meats Get a Roasting

The media is having a field-day with news that the WHO has classified processed meat as carcinogenic. Some reports are saying that bacon, sausages and ham now sit alongside plutonium,…

Dealing With a Drug Addiction

Nearly half of kiwi adults (49%) have used illegal or illicit drugs at some stage of their life, according to Ministry of Health research (http://goo.gl/Mv81ic). The most used substance is…

The Use and Misuse of Antibiotics

Antibiotics cure disease by killing or injuring bacteria. The first antibiotic was penicillin, discovered in 1928. Today, over 100 different antibiotics are available to doctors to cure minor discomforts as…

Diabetes: The Basics

More than 5% of adult kiwis have been diagnosed with diabetes (MOH 2013/14 http://goo.gl/LZWSGW). About 100,000 more are suffering but have not yet been diagnosed (https://goo.gl/m3wuDF). Could you be one of…

Tag: Well-being

Sleep Day

Breast Cancer Awareness

ACC and Schizophrenia

Sweet or Sickly: How bad is sugar, really?

Diet vs. Nutrition

Allergic Rhinitis, AKA Hay Fever

Processed Meats Get a Roasting

Dealing With a Drug Addiction

The Use and Misuse of Antibiotics

Diabetes: The Basics

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