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Attention Deficit Disorder ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder ADD

ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), is a diagnosed behavioural disorder which appears as inappropriate short attention spans and impulsively and which may or may not be associated with hyperactivity (ADHD).

Flu Vaccine

Flu Vaccine

Each year, we witness the yearly marketing campaign to invite everyone to have the ‘flu vaccine’. I often hear the same question: ‘Should I have a flu vaccine shot or not?’.

Medical Errors

Medical Errors

According to the NZ District Health Boards 2006 report, three times as many people died from medical error than the annual road toll. Safe & Quality use of Medicine (SQM) spokesperson Dr Dwayne Crombie stated: ‘that they are aware of the level of medication errors is hugely significant’.

Nail Health

Nail Health

Your hands can reflect your general health condition. One’s hand and nails can indicate the state of our health and indicate any psychological wellbeing.

Adrenal Exhaustion

Adrenal Exhaustion

Do you suffer from adrenal exhaustion? It is difficult to assess just how many people suffer from poorly balanced adrenal-hormone exhaustion because the blood tests tend to come back normal.

Lactose Intolerance

Lactose Intolerance

Lactose is the primary sugar found in milk, and is a disaccharide (a double sugar molecule), comprising one molecule of glucose and one molecule of lactose.

A Good Reason Not to Take Drugs

A Good Reason Not to Take Drugs

An Auckland energy worker who uses Aura Soma therapy has treated young people who have used drugs. “Using drugs destroys the energetic protection around people”, says the former social worker turned trained healer who asked not to be named in order maintain client integrity.

Daily Aspirin Use

Daily Aspirin Use

Daily use of Aspirin® has been linked with pancreatic cancer. Aspirin has been described as the drug of the millennium, but is it? A recent report on Harvard University’s ongoing study of 88, 000 nurses has revealed that those who took two or more aspirins a week for 20 years or more had a 58 per cent higher risk of pancreatic cancer.

Life after a Hip Replacement

Life after a Hip Replacement

Nelson woman, Maureen McKain is living proof that surgical intervention combined with natural therapies and a positive attitude blend well together.