My 5 month old must be teething. She is chewing on everything from fingers (her own and other people’s) to toys and she drools so much she can run herself a bath almost anywhere.  And I consider myself lucky, some mothers in my mum’s group are at the end of their wits with sooki, irritable […]

Exercise is good for the mental health of teenagers.

Some star sign couples just don’t gel as easily as others. We look at those challenging relationships and how they can work.

The market economy is booming and by that we mean the farmers’ markets where every cent you spend goes back into your local economy. Isn’t it time you got to know your providores by name again?

Dentistry may have been around for a lot longer than we previously thought.

Monosodium Glutamate, commonly known as MSG, is a slow poison. It is disguised under 25 other names, such as “natural flavouring” and can even be found in some coffees overseas

For the first time a study finds a link between total antioxidant intake and heart risk.

Disinformation works because it has qualities that make it stick in your mind.

Facebook can make it difficult to recover from a broken relationship.

We binge on chocolate because of its opium-like actions in the brain.

A combination of sesame and rice bran oils lowers blood pressure and cholesterol.

I recently read an article on depression being rife in our aged care facilities. The article went on to say how medical researchers found that aged care workers working in the facility were unaware as to the extent that it was happening and that even elderly people are coving it up as they are somewhat embarrassed, feel that it is a part of getting older (which psychologically it is not) and did not want to cause a fuss.