My late mother was a lifelong non-smoker. She was also an opera fan. Hard as she tried to get me enthused about opera, it never quite happened. Carmen was my mother’s favourite. This week she would have turned in her grave. For all the wrong reasons Western Australia...
“Sit up straight and don’t slouch” may have been the best life advice you were ever given. Did you know that your posture actually has a critical effect on your health and well-being? Low back pain affects more than a quarter of Australians( [i]) costs the economy...
Getting outside for some fresh air and sunshine is great for our mental and physical health. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfmmEQ9PlPs&list=UU_a-tB5cm3Z7WrRSNtYB6jA[/youtube]
The quit smoking drug Bupropion (Zyban) has been linked to high blood pressure and “adverse” cardiovascular events. And Vareniciline( Champix), also used in smoking cessation, has again been found to be the drug most commonly associated with suicide and homicidal...
There is so much talk about what we should eat. It gets really confusing. The keys are portion control and food selection. This infographic explains the background and rationale of five common diets. by Ghergich.
The body has more bacterial cells than human cells. Antibiotics can do as much harm as good if not used carefully. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1VNdixnyMo&list=UU_a-tB5cm3Z7WrRSNtYB6jA[/youtube]
They say that time goes faster as you get older. That may be telling me something as we close in on Christmas and the end of the year. I remember being at school and the holidays always seemed an eternity away. Yet today even school children talk about the term going...
Two years ago I wrote about the case of a family, which had to take down a tree house due to the stupidity and intransigence of government. It had breached some guideline of some description. Despite governments running ads extolling children to be active, it appears...
Humans have a monumental thirst for blood. With the average red blood cell transfusion using around 3 pints of blood, approximately 27,000 blood donations are needed every week in Australia to meet that demand. The problem is, blood platelets have quite a short...
