Health & Wellbeing

Short answer – no. Carrots may not give you the ability to see in the dark, however the news is not all bad – turns out carrots are great for your overall eye health! Why is this? Carrots contain many of the important vitamins and compounds that protect eyes and …

This issue is very close to my heart as one of my closest friends lost her Dad to bowel cancer a few years ago. It was a fast moving cancer that caused a lot of pain, confusion and grief, which I think if it could be avoided it definitely should! …

They say a person’s eyes are the windows to their souls – whether you believe this or not it turns out that your eyes can be a window to your general health. Eye exams can detect issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and many more. This is why …

Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of thinking about, talking about and planning for your future health care needs. An ACP plan is a tool that can help you to think about who is in your support network and how to mobilise them should you need to.  It is …

Author: The Pure Food Co Cancer can manifest in many different ways one of which is head and neck cancer (HNCA). HNCA and its treatment can result in significant swallowing difficulties in which speech-language therapists play a key role. Head and neck cancer can refer to cancers of: The mouth …

I know a young person, who I’ll call Lucy, whose grandmother had a stroke last year. Lucy’s grandmother has regained a lot of her mobility and speech but she is struggling with her memory. Lucy proudly told me when she visits or video chats with her grandmother she always tests …

We’ve all heard of apps and online courses that can help to improve our memory and cognition, but until now, there’s been no group to review these programs to show which ones work – and which ones don’t. That’s why a group of Australian scientists undertook a systematic review of what studies …

Author: The Pure Food Co I know what you might be thinking… what on earth does speech-language therapy have to do with falls and fall prevention?? Well you’d be surprised with the areas us speechies manage to be of use. Prevelance of falls Falls are common in the elderly population …

Health, income and education levels all contribute to the growing gap between the “top 10%” and the “bottom 10%” globally. Older people are not immune to the effects of this division. A study conducted by the Centre for Ageing Better found “shameful and stark” contrasts in people’s experiences of later life. This …

Author: The Pure Food Co Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is one of the more well-known progressive neurodegenerative conditions due in part to Mike J Fox and Muhammad Ali. Attention often focuses on the motor/movement features of PD, however non-motor features may also become involved e.g. changes in behavior, sleep, and sensation. …