WHAT ON EARTH IS NIL BY MOUTH? What is this title spelling out to us? Are these three words trying to tell us something? How can anyone write a blog about Nil by Mouth? Is this simply a play on words? Is this what we do before surgery in hospital? …
High Blood Pressure
For the purposes of this article, Hypertension and High Blood Pressure are the same. WHY on earth do we need a World Hypertension Day? WHY are the world and its mothers and brothers popping pills for Hypertension? Do we even know what Hypertension means? Are we interested or bothered about …
DEPRESSION
WHAT ON EARTH IS WORLD HEALTH DAY? This year the theme is DEPRESSION. What is depression all about? WHY is depression a serious illness? WHY are we depressed? WHY are our teenagers depressed? WHY are so many people taking anti-depressants? WHY is the Global Depression Drug Market $16.8 Billion by …
The Real Truth about Sleep
What on earth is World Sleep Day? WHY do we need a World Sleep Day? WHY is Sleep such a big deal? WHY is Sleep super important to us? WHY do we ignore the value of sleep? WHY do we bang on about wanting more sleep? WHY do some of …
World Kidney Day
Dear World Have we heard of World Kidney Day? What is this all about? Are we interested in our kidneys? Do we know how our kidneys actually work? Do we know anything really about our kidneys? Do we know what Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is? World Kidney Day is a …
Common Cold
For the purposes of this blog, we will only be presenting the common cold. Flu will be another blog, another time… So what is the common cold? Do we know the facts? Are we aware how we get a cold? WHY are colds so common? WHY are colds more common …
Do Diets Work?
Hello World How is it going this New Year? Diet seems to be the hot topic on our agenda. That word DIET brings up stuff for most of us. Diet has two meanings according to our Concise Oxford English Dictionary (1): 1. the kinds of food that a …
The Real Truth about Diabetes
Dear World Since 2007, the United Nations recognises Diabetes as a Global threat and designates November 14th each year as World Diabetes Day, in honour of Frederick Banting’s birthday. (1) Diabetes is a very common disease, which is rapidly growing. In the past it was a problem of industrialised nations, but today it …
Gluten is a Glue
More and more people are being diagnosed with gluten intolerance. In 2012 the market for gluten-free products was about 40 million consumers [1]. Have we stopped to ask why? Are we ready to know what gluten is doing inside our body? Do we want to know or would we rather …