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Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) is one of the famous herbs from folklore known for its virtue of making people more mentally alert.

Rather than being labelled a disease, constipation is a far too common health condition, which is experienced when evacuation of waste material from the colon is sluggish and stools have become hard and difficult to pass, thus making elimination of the bowel matter difficult and uncomfortable.

Every day at least half of my clients say that they are feeling fatigued. I often hear people state: “I’m so tired, but I have to push myself to keep going”

Most men shudder at the thought of having their prostate gland checked, but the message is still clear that men over 45 - 50 should have their prostate gland checked occasionally to ensure that it is a normal size and shape.

Falsified meningococcal data distributed. The Ombudsman intervened to ensure that the Ministry of Health standard 2004 annual meningococcal disease report prepared by the ESR was released.

There simply aren’t enough new drugs in the pharmaceutical pipeline to keep pace with the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria, the so-called superbugs that are emerging.

I frequently experience tinnitus and have the beginning of eye cataracts. Is there anything I can do? Annette. Christchurch.

Of the over 5000 odd medicinal herbs growing throughout the world, there are a handful which could be termed an ‘essential’ remedy for any home medicine cabinet.

The trouble with sugar is that we are eating too much of it! We talk about it, we say we are cutting it back, limiting the intake, or finding a replacement, yet the consumption of sugar in the past 20 years has escalated from 10kg per person per year up to 50kg per person, per year.