HEALTH & WELLBEING

30/4/2019

It may seem that our entire website is devoted to Health and Wellbeing and in fact, it is. However, there is more …

Here on our new Health and Wellbeing page our writers unravel more of what true health and wellbeing can be.

Despite all the latest medical and technological advancements, statistics show that many people are being diagnosed with more illness and disease than ever before. Doctors are now finding that it is common for a person to be multi-symptomatic, meaning they have many health problems, which may require a range of specialists or treatments.

We invite you to join us as we take a look at the current concepts of health, and redefine what true health and wellbeing can look and feel like.

Medical research is now proving that our physicality is affected by our emotions, by our psychological state, by stress, anxiety and depression. Our writers offer examples of how our energetic state affects our health and wellbeing, to inspire us to look deeper into our own responsibility for our health.

What does wellbeing mean to you? Is it simply a lack of illness and disease or does it mean that you are filled with joy, vitality and a purpose to life? Welcome to our articles on Health and Wellbeing, no matter your age.

DOES A LACK OF SELF-CARE CONTRIBUTE TO OSTEOPOROSIS?

29/4/2019

Shock horror – I had just received a diagnosis of having osteoporosis! As I left the Doctor’s surgery my mind was running wild with all the information of how the media, women’s and health magazines and the internet (especially Dr. Google) have described the effects osteoporosis has on a person. Images of little old ladies walking with a frame, seen in many advertisements selling calcium tablets, came running across my mind.

SUPPORTING A RELATIVE WITH DEMENTIA

30/3/2019

Dementia can be a difficult time for families as they watch the person they once knew slowly disappear. For someone with dementia, the past no longer has any relevance as the memories gradually fade. Connecting with the person through loving touch bypasses this attachment to the past and offers connection through the heart, the body and the being within.

CATARACT SURGERY AND THE GIFT OF NEWLY GAINED INSIGHT!

29/11/2018

Dr. Anne Malatt,an ophthalmologist, had gently indicated a few months earlier it could be time to consider the removal of the thickening cataracts from my eyes. Following cataract surgery, the final check for the visual function of the new lenses was complete and the journey home once again on the public transport light rail system, gave me the opportunity to reflect upon this latest little medical adventure of mine.

ON BEING A MULTI SYMPTOMATIC 76 YEAR OLD!

30/10/2018

I was obviously not a well child from a very early age, frequent chest infections, colds, ear infections, tonsillitis, pneumonia, low haemoglobin and by the time I was sixteen, fibrositis from doing lots of ballet and fencing and trying too hard at everything. Pasty-faced I struggled on through my twenties and thirties, still trying too hard to keep up as I battled with my body.

NO ZIMMER FRAMES!

29/9/2018

I was writing a comment recently on an article about Dementia that mentioned the stunning effect a change of diet had on one woman who totally recovered her senses and no longer had dementia.
My comment was about my friends who are associated with Universal Medicine and who all (mostly) follow a healthy diet with no alcohol, caffeine, gluten, dairy or sugar.

APPRECIATION - MY DAILY RELATIONSHIP WITH LIFE

30/7/2018

As a small child, I appreciated each day as it came. What wonders would this day unfold for me? I was definitely egocentric as a child – perhaps all children are to a certain extent. I remember on my fifth birthday walking up the driveway from the house we lived in – it seemed so very long that drive. I was going to visit the woman who helped my mother in the house.

WHY DO DOCTORS KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT FOOD?

29/6/2018

I am a doctor and everything I know about food that is worth knowing, I learnt somewhere other than medical school. We learn so much in medical school, much of it bizarre and obscure and rarely used in real life; but when it comes to food, which we ingest every day, which serves as the building blocks of our body, and is often the cause of our illness and disease, we seem happy to skip over that.

MAKING SPACE FOR PROSTATE CANCER

4/4/2018

Prostate cancer is a killer. One in three men will get it. A high percentage will die because of it and many, even most, older men will die with it. And yet my very experienced surgeon who was spending most of his time operating on prostate cancer cases told me that he / they did not really, honestly know why some men developed the disease and some didn’t.
I know the why!

ORAL HEALTH ... WHAT YOUR ORAL HEALTH TELLS YOU

30/3/2018

In this article leading holistic dentists Rachel Hall and Alannah Freer explore how the state of our oral health reflects the state of our overall health and provides many early warning signs that our body is being subjected to unhealthy behaviours. They share their wisdom and a wealth of knowledge from years of experience about the link that teeth, gums and tongues have with patterns of behaviour, emotions and past lives.

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