Health & Wellbeing

Cheryl Wiggins, pharmacist and integrative practitioner at Pharmaceutical Compounding NZ Ltd has been studying hormones at the international level and discusses "the hormone - age - sleep - fatigue connection" below.

Ask nearly anyone at the start of a new year what they hope to accomplish and weight loss is likely to be top of mind.

Sugar is part of our way of life. But we now know so much about the effects of sugar on our bodies, that it is time to heed the warnings.

Holidays often mean a fair amount of travelling and when you are sitting still for long periods of time, the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Avocados are great brain food, in moderation! What you eat does affect how well you think and remember.

I always imagined when I reached my 60s life would consist of gardening, reading, taking walks, watching a few films and just taking it easy.

We can take responsibility for our brain and memory in the same way as we do for so many other aspects of living and ageing well and healthily.

Aromatherapy is an alternative natural health therapy, where the oils and extracts of plants, flowers and herbs are inhaled or applied to the skin to promote health and wellbeing. There is little doubt that plants and herbs have healing abilities.

Stomach upsets are an unpleasant and painful part of life, and thankfully are usually over fairly quickly. Your stomach is a 'first receiver' in the body and as such, is a good guide for your general health.

We all snore sometimes. Whether it is a quick catch as we fall asleep or a full nocturnal chainsaw impression, snoring is a natural phenomenon. The extent to which you snore can signal underlying health problems or cause long tem friction between you and