Articles in ‘Health’

The Therapeutic Products Act will be repealed before the end of 2024. The Minister responsible, Hon Casey Costello, is planning to develop two pieces of legislation to replace the TPA – one to cover Natural Health Products and another to deal with medicines and medical devices. Ms. Costello is looking towards a lasting and robust solution that appropriately balances oversight and efficiency. The coalition government has confirmed that…

Over 50 prominent UK academics have signed an open letter to Baroness Heather Hallett, chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, calling for urgent action to address the shortcomings of the probe so far. The signatories of the letter say the Hallett Inquiry suffers from bias, false assumptions, and a lack of impartiality. “The Covid Inquiry is not living up to its mission to evaluate the mistakes made during the pandemic, whether Covid measures were…

The Paleo aka caveman diet has received a lot of press, and basically involves eating like our caveman ancestors. This style of eating may help you lose weight, and reduce your risk of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc. The paleo diet is a high-protein, high-fiber food plan that doesn’t involve counting or reducing calories. The core foods are lean meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, eggs, nuts, seeds and healthy fats (e.g.…

Forget crash diets and expensive gym memberships, these habits are the key to boosting wellbeing and creativity in the new year, we have put together some resolutions that you might actually stick to. 1. Get to grips with new tools · This doesn’t mean activating that cordless drill you got for Christmas. We’re talking about a set of bite-sized visualisation exercises, which can transform your hang-ups into boundless new year confidence, courage…

Left to their own devices, some humans can be really horrible - hence the value of moral and ethical codes that govern our behaviour and protect us from society’s predators. A 1997 article in the American Journal of Public Health, Eugenics and public health in American history, discusses the fetid relationship between eugenics (defined as “the science of improving heredity”) and public health. Whilst the two paradigms have differences, their…

A new study has found that exposure to light at night messes with our internal body clock, increasing the risk of mental illness, while daytime light exposure reduces that risk. The findings offer a simple and effective, non-pharmacological means of improving mental health. Our internal body clock, or circadian rhythm, regulates cycles of alertness and sleepiness by responding to the changes in light in our environment. While other cues such as…

National Party Leader Christopher Luxon announces cash incentives to GPs to raise immunisation rates, alongside restored health targets · Christopher Luxon leader of the National Party recently announced when his Party becomes government he plans to go hard on early vaccination and announced that there would be cash incentives for General Practitioners to raise immunisation rates, alongside restored health targets. Mr Luxon said that “National…

Omega oils are fatty acids and most are easily made in our body from the foods we eat. They are super critical for our health as they are integral to the membranes (walls of all our trillions of cells). The two most important omega oils are omega-3 and omega-6. Omega-6 oils are mostly pro-inflammatory, i.e. cause inflammation. Omega-3 oils reduce inflammation and help lower the risk of chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, asthma, eye…

For many, the idea of having a few dozen hookworms set up shop in your gut sounds more like a Survivor challenge than a beneficial health therapy, but scientists see a bright future in this human worm farm for treating many chronic conditions. In a world first, a two-year human trial conducted by James Cook University (JCU) has wound up, and the worms graduated with flying colors, particularly in relation to type 2 diabetes, paving the way for…

This conversation will inform… it might surprise… mostly it will inspire. Join Lynda and Penny chatting about censorship, science, psychology and courage. Lynda Wharton is founder of The Health Forum NZ, established in early 2021 to support covid injection injured people, and families who have lost loved ones following the injection. · Lynda had been watching the Covid injection warp-speed rollout in the USA, England, Europe and Israel, and…