It Is OK To Eat And Enjoy Chocolate

Here is something that might surprise you. Eating some chocolate (please note some, not truckloads) is good for you. Easter is the time of year when we all indulge our love of chocolate.  Yet at some point before Easter Sunday we will see a humorless health official...

Overcoming Excuses To Get Healthy

Guest Contributor  Dr Peter J. Weiss M.D. Are you making excuses about your health?  Telling yourself why you can’t change instead of finding out how you can?  Probably.  I don’t mean to be insulting.  This is just how life is; we all make excuses. An excuse is a...

The Weekly Fitness Challenge

Here is something that you may have missed. A new pill has been developed which if taken on a regular basis can reduce your chances of getting bowel and breast cancer by 25%. The World Health Organization made this major announcement earlier this year. Well, to be...

Is The Flu Shot Actually Useful ?

This week on my regular spot on the Paul Murray show on 6PR we spoke about flu vaccinations. Last year there were significant problems with a number of children having febrile convulsions after the vaccine leading to a withdrawal of use in children under five. This...