If you could do something very simple to conceive a baby would you do it? Imagine a car. Let’s say it’s not running well and you spend a lot of time and a lot of money fixing the engine. You spend months doing it up with new parts and spend a lot of money making […]
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by Peter Delaney, Acupuncturist, Naturopath & Senior Practitioner Life as a male has its own challenges which are quite different to those of the females in our lives. For one we have a different driving physiology; testosterone being the big one. When we are in teens, it’s about being fearless and taking sometimes unnecessary risks
Seeing our children sick is awful. A lot of the time, we feel powerless and reach for Panadol and antibiotics because that is all we know. Studies show that using Panadol in the first year of life for fever greatly increases the chances of asthma in 6-7 year-olds as well as being associated with an
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by Mary Melling, Senior Practitioner. The chronic degenerative diseases of aging are now known to be partly inheritance but mostly due to life style. We hear terrifying facts these days that many children being born now will not outlive their parents. The baby boomers however are expected to live longer than ever. We have two
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Many people know that echinacea is good for colds. Just like they know ginseng is good for energy. While the good news is that natural remedies are becoming more well known for their health benefits, the bad news is that a lot of people are self-prescribing these remedies because they have “heard” that it will
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by Suzanne Wilson, Naturopath. Society reminds us that we need to look younger with the latest scientifically proven anti-aging product. It tells us that if we eat chocolate we will get pimples and if we have a rash to use some corticosteroid cream on it and hope for it to never return. Is there any
by Mary Melling – Naturopath, Acupuncturist and Founder of Paddington Clinic. Over the years we have treated many children ranging from new born babies to teenagers. We love treating children at Paddington Clinic and feel they are entitled to good health. We like to see newborns for a check up and or to treat any
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It seems there is a lot of confusion around coffee. Is it good for us or bad for us and how much is okay? The truth is, different health experts will tell you different things. Obviously, this makes it difficult to assess whether it is good or bad for us, but we have compiled some
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Did you know that it’s Dry July? Dry July is a month dedicated to giving up alcohol, in order to raise money towards creating better environments and support networks for adult cancer patients and their families. As tough a challenge as it may sound to some, giving up alcohol has a number of health and
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Most of us think of massage as indulgence. We get one as a treat, and if we’re really lucky, our spouse might give us a massage at the end of a long, hard day just to make us feel nice. And it’s true, they do feel nice. However, what you may not realize is that
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If you are experiencing any unusual health symptoms, a nutrient deficiency could be to blame. Below is a list of common nutrient deficiency symptoms and foods you should eat if you think you need more. Magnesium Deficiency: 75 to 85% of diets deficient Symptoms: Anxiety, confusion, heart attack, hyperactivity, insomnia, nervousness, muscular irritability, restlessness, weakness
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Spring is often thought of as the time for allergies, but really any change of season can trigger allergies and asthma. For many people a drop in the temperature is enough of a trigger, and when the humidity drops the air becomes drier and is more likely to irritate a sensitive respiratory system. You may
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Female infertility is increasing at an astounding rate in Australia. Now a series of new studies suggest the cause for both is the humble fructose molecule found in every teaspoon of sugar added to your food. PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the primary cause of female infertility in Australia today. As many as one in
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In this age of skyrocketing medical costs, more and more people are taking responsibility for their own health. They are turning to herbs, nature’s “super-medicines.” Many people are already including herbs in their diets, not just to season foods, but for maintaining and restoring vibrant health. Even researchers have found that chimpanzees are attracted to
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The immune system’s prime function is to protect the body against infection and the development of cancer. Support and enhancement of the immune system is perhaps the most important step in achieving resistance to disease and reducing susceptibility to colds, flus and chronic disease. However, when the immune system becomes compromised with exposure to viral/bacterial
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by Joel Delaney, Acupuncturist Chinese medicine has understood the importance of the “immune system” for thousands of years. But what really is an immune system from an acupuncture understanding? The energy that protects our body from getting sick is call the Wei Qi. It is the energy that sits on the top of our skin
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What is health anyway? That is the million dollar question, and it has to be answered before we can make sound decisions about which health trends to follow and which to leave behind. First, let us look at the miraculous design of our body. Did you know that our bodies have over 4 trillion cells?
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Your immune system is one the most complex systems on the planet. It is highly evolved and is able to cope with an amazing diversity of challenges. The problem is however,that the amount of stuff that your immune system has to deal with is increasing. Our world is not becoming cleaner, but is changing rapidly,
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