WELLBEING

Juliana Kichkin Hay fever – everyone, even the most robust of us, seems to have a story of an allergy attack that came out of the blue at an inconvenient moment. As we’re entering spring, sales in handy pocket tissues are set to skyrocket as three million Australian...

Alex Dalland As the Spring weather gets warmer, vets across the North Shore are urging pet owners to watch out for the signs their pet might be carrying life-threatening ticks. Recent data from Greencross Vets across New South Wales and Australia suggests an alarming...

Alex Dalland With Hearing Awareness Week starting in just a few days, North Shore residents who are concerned about their hearing are being advised to get tested early to prevent further hearing loss. “An increasing number of studies show that individuals with hearing...

Danielle Armour A new study has discovered significant links between genetics and depression. The research, published in the scientific journal Natural Genetics, identifies 15 genetic regions of DNA as being associated with depression. These links were discovered by...

Emily-Jean McDonagh The Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney has announced a new service that will triple the rate of diagnosis for Australians suffering from rare and genetic conditions. Launching the sequencing service in conjunction with NSW Health and...

Danielle Armour Did you have an acai bowl for breakfast? How about a quinoa salad for lunch? So called ‘superfoods’ are undoubtedly one of the biggest health trends of the last few years, appearing suddenly in the food market claiming to solve all your health...

Juliana Kichkin Since the late 1990s a movement away from self-esteem has been brewing. A pioneer of this movement is Dr. Kristin Neff who with her book, ‘Self-compassion’ published in 2011 drew on more than 10 years of her own work when her son was diagnosed with...

Rima Martens Childhood obesity levels have reached epidemic status. With one in five children in Australia either obese or overweight by the time they start school, it is clear that there needs to be some changes made to the way our society thinks about food and...

Kerrie Erwin Part of my life’s work as a psychic medium is releasing earth bound spirits. Earth bound spirits are not able, or don’t want to pass over for a number of reasons. The death may have been accidental and they don’t want to leave, or there is a fear of...

Liz Kraefft We all encounter stress during different stages of our lives and to varying degrees. As we begin to feel the discomfort of stress manifesting into anxiety, depression, fear and illness we must remember we can take steps to de-stress to ensure we do not...