Health

Once a health tonic, bitters has become an indispensible ingredient in mixed drinks, cocktails and digestive liquors everywhere.

Mindful meditation could be an effective way to combat early stage high blood pressure.

Can you include housework as part of your weekly exercise routine?

Increasingly, many patients are asking their dentist if the metals in their mouths are still considered safe. This trend does not seem to be abating, with new evidence suggesting that some metals, such as nickel and mercury, have the potential to stimulate either strong allergic reactions in some people and low-grade systemic inflammation in others. […]

Your craving for sweet biscuits (cookies) could be driven by an addiction.

A new analysis of word usage shows that people, not things, equate with happiness.

Partners of people that are persistently snoring miss sleep often while the other person merrily snores on unaware of what they are doing. In desperation partners try all kinds of devices from ear plugs to block out the snoring to even sleeping in another room. If you are snoring though you should attend to it as there can be serious health repercussions if it goes on too long.

Being the “real” you in the workplace leads to better performance in your work.

Folate deficiency among Australians is more common than recently thought. I have had several patients lately who are plagued with oral ulcers and soreness in their mouth. Interestingly, the common primary cause was a folate deficiency, and folinic acid supplementation was found to assist with this annoying condition. Let me elaborate further. Dietary folate is […]

Peanut butter can be used in a simple smell test to help detect Alzheimer’s disease.

The shape of your wine glass can determine how much you will drink.

There is a strong link between food allergies and the way our faces develop. In 2005, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) published an article confirming the epidemic rise of pediatric allergic diseases in Australian children. Back then, up to 40 per cent of Australian children were affected by some form of allergies, with many […]