Tag Archives: Health & Wellbeing

New Zealand is now vaccinating around 100,000 people a week.

Sepsis (also known as “septicaemia” or “blood poisoning”) is a life-threatening complication of infection where the body’s immune response starts to damage its tissues and organs.

Increasing numbers of Kiwis are following a global trend towards alternative therapies in recent years, according to new data.

If you live alone it’s important to cook for yourself, take time to enjoy your meals and take every opportunity to share meals with others.

Exercise is important when living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) to help improve or maintain balance, mobility, and the ability to perform daily tasks.

Think of your brain as `Headquarters’ – the control room where all the core functions for your body and mind come from. It doesn’t get a holiday or take time out, it’s always “on”, working 24/7, taking care of your thoughts, breathing, movement and senses even while you’re asleep.

Running from 14 – 20 June, Men’s Health Week is part of a global health awareness campaign marked in the US, Europe and Australasia. The week focuses on the health issues all men face and raises awareness of steps men can take to help address these.

Dr Rosamund Vallings, author of the internationally acclaimed book Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Symptoms Diagnosis Management, explains what this often misunderstood illness is and what can be done to help people who are diagnosed with it.

The fitness you have now is not the fitness you will have for the rest of your life. This is true whether you are 25 or 85. Aspects of our fitness that are important to staying independent can be improved with as little as 10 minutes per day.

As health and wellbeing month continues on the Eldernet Gazette, we showcase the revolutionary fitness and rehab equipment developed by HUR, which could have a huge impact on the aged-care sector in New Zealand.