Health & Wellbeing

This Queens Birthday Weekend marks the launch of Bowel Cancer Awareness Week and was today celebrated in right royal fashion; educating New Zealanders on how to test for bowel cancer from the comfort of their own throne.

Winter poses special challenges for mature skin. The biggest challenges result from being exposed to several different climates and temperatures every day.

With the current trend to all things natural, it is not surprising that herbalism or "the study and use of medicinal properties of plants" is becoming more commonly accepted and popularly used.

Did you know that the number of nutrients we need from our food actually increases as we grow older?

Many of us have heard something about homeopathy but what is it, really? Over the last 10 years, homeopathic remedies have increasingly come into the mainstream. You may have even tried one without realising it.

If Kiwi kids are the second to most sleep-deprived in the western world as a new study has just reported, how do you think Kiwi adults would rate?

Did you make a New Year's resolution this year that you would be fitter in 2013? What about your marvellous brain? There is little doubt that there is a new and exciting emphasis on brain health.

Using an inflatable Aircycle exerciser while travelling promotes circulation and helps avoid the chance of DVT, ankle swelling, cramps and stiffness.

Maggie, a busy and outgoing 65 year old, has named her bladder control problems `the creeping disease'.

From the age of about 30, brain function, and particularly memory, starts to decline gradually. But ...