Many people just accept that with the colder weather, comes colds. But here at Blackmores, we ...
Health & Wellness
Articles about our health and wellbeing, mind, emotions, keeping fit, your hearing, eyesight and dental needs, natural remedies and keeping vital.
Skills for life
If you had to identify important life skills, what would they be? Would you start with things ...
Five most common regrets
When my father was dying from cancer in 2001, I asked him if he had anything to tell me before he died. I was looking for a revelation - something I could learn from.
Video: Why you should talk to strangers
“When you talk to strangers, you’re making beautiful interruptions into the expected narrative of your daily ...
What is dementia?
Dementia can be a frightening prospect as we grow older. Losing memory, cognitive ability and the ...
Eat homemade this winter
Nutritional surveys have found New Zealanders have inadequate intakes of several key ‘wellness’ nutrients including vitamins ...
In defence of tears: The science behind a good cry
When tears are streaming down your cheeks and you feel like you can’t breathe from sobbing, ...
Harnessing the placebo effect
Often censured as the power of nothing, the placebo effect is a concept that’s mesmerised cognitive ...
Silver hair and silver linings: the unlikely perks of ageing
For most people, ageing goes hand in hand with a bathroom full of anti-wrinkle cremes, and ...
Socialising for brain power
We humans are highly social beings. We don't survive well, let alone thrive, in isolation. Relationships with other people stimulate our brains-in fact, interacting with others may be the best kind of brain exercise of all.