Improving your health with yoga
Its never too late to start doing yoga as a way to improve flexibility, strength and health.
View ArticleAbout mild traumatic brain injury
Although people with mild traumatic brain injuries should recover fully, there are some who dont.
View ArticleDoes acupuncture work?
Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, but does it work?
View ArticleAbout frozen shoulder
For frozen shoulder sufferers, even basic domestic tasks can be excruciating.
View ArticleTaking the battle to measles
New Zealand is letting the side down when it comes to beating measles.
View ArticleBen Goldacre on NZ’s pharmaceutical drug industry
A best-selling author claims patients are at the mercy of dubious drug testing and marketing practices.
View ArticleIn for a shock
According to St John, at least one person suffers a cardiac arrest in Auckland every day. Nationally, the average length of time for an ambulance to arrive and apply defibrillation is 12 minutes....
View ArticleOver-diagnosis: harming the perfectly healthy
The over-diagnosed have always been among us, although they havent tended to get much attention, generally having been overshadowed by the under-diagnosed and the misdiagnosed. Increasingly, however,...
View ArticleReading your DNA fortune
Bespoke DNA testing to foretell your health future can be fraught.
View ArticleCherish that child
Emotional deprivation is showing up in MRI scans of childrens brains.
View ArticleSnored rigid
Your bedmate has told you your relationship is no longer the stuff of which dreams are made because of the way you honk and rattle throughout the night. So, what can you do about it? A variety of...
View ArticleA state of mindfulness
It might still be associated with the 70s, Woodstock and rock stars in paisley shirts, yet hardly a week goes by without a scientific journal publishing something about the psychological, physical and...
View ArticleWeight loss: The big question
Losing weight and keeping it off is a Herculean task. But it isnt impossible. Researchers who looked at more than 4000 dieters from 29 longterm studies found that contrary to popular belief, not...
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