Movement is medicine

Chores are good for us. I can hear you all screaming already. Household chores typically aren't the most popular activity that people do through the course of the week. And I get it. It's not what you do for fun, but it keeps your house in order. And that can include...

Outcomes Matter More Than Intentions

In sport, you can tell how you or in a team sport, your team is traveling by the scoreboard. It's not to say that winning is everything, and you can certainly enjoy playing sport for the enjoyment of playing sport. That's a good thing. But if you want to know whether...

Observations on Black Friday

Is the season of Black Friday sales. It's interesting. Black Friday hails from the USA, the day after Thanksgiving, which we've had very recently. And like a lot of American trends, if you like, they do tend to spread around the world. It is interesting. Australians...
Today Show – Mumps

Today Show – Mumps

Mumps is not common these days but there are still cases each year. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X7BZDkVpic[/youtube]

No, You Don’t Need An Antibiotic

No, You Don’t Need An Antibiotic

There is hardly a week or in fact a day even, which does not have a health awareness message attached to it. Last week was antibiotic awareness week. To be honest, I am over “awareness”. In most of these cases we all know or are “aware” of the situation. Lack of...

Today Show – Peanut Allergy

Today Show – Peanut Allergy

There are new ideas on how to treat and also reduce the incidence of peanut and other nut allergies. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioh7h0iWX78[/youtube]

Relax Outdoors

Relax Outdoors

There are two aspects of health that do not get much airplay. These are relaxation and time outdoors, especially in nature. For most of human history we spent considerable periods of time outside. Much work was done in fields and transportation where “open” to the air...

Pre-conception Care For Healthy Babies

Pre-conception Care For Healthy Babies

Having the healthiest baby you can is largely impacted by the health of both parents and the womb leading up to conception. It should be noted here that a mans sperm starts to form approximately 76 days before ejaculation, ova development takes 100 days and the...

Beware Of Breakthroughs And Game Changers

Beware Of Breakthroughs And Game Changers

High blood pressure (hypertension) was the first symptomless medical condition. Doctors could diagnose and treat it without any reference to how a person feels. When you think about it, typically people go to seek medical help because they have pain or some other...

Tale Of Two Marriages

Tale Of Two Marriages

My first marriage reached its expiration date and promptly came to an end. A few years later I remarried. Changing husbands does not negate frustration, in fact it can seem much more apparent sooner. You could certainly keep going through husbands until you find the...

Today Show – Blood Pressure

Today Show – Blood Pressure

A new study calls for lower targets for blood pressure. Is more people taking more pills really a good idea? [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AmllLedRFE[/youtube]

3 Tips For Stressed Out Parents

3 Tips For Stressed Out Parents

Stress is a part of parenting (and life). Unfortunately though, our stress can have a profound impact on our kids. Kids are MASTERS at reading our emotional state - so, if we're stressed, it rubs off on them. Our kids might not know why we're stressed, but they tend...

Today Show – Breast Feeding

Today Show – Breast Feeding

Breast feeding is great for babies. But sometimes things don't work out - and that is OK! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXECc_qo5Y [/youtube]

The Case For Porn Ed

The Case For Porn Ed

From an evolutionary, unchanging, standpoint, humans have sexual urges to seek gratification of pleasure for the survival of the species. Aptly put by Hull (2008), “... the truth is that individuals around the world pursue pleasure with a vehemence. Sexuality is...

Top 5 Factors Contributing To Bone Loss

Top 5 Factors Contributing To Bone Loss

Taking care of yourself is a very important part of being and staying healthy. Of course, there are many different temptations that face us all the time. While there’s nothing wrong with indulging a sweet tooth every now and then, or in having a glass of wine to relax...