… term stress can improve focus and function in a range of activities. But long-term sustained stress has negative health consequences. He clocked up a world of stress with his 160,000 flying miles a year. Good for the air points; terrible for the …
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Kiwis want to know origins of their fruit and veges
There’s strong public support for mandatory labelling of fruit and vegetables showing where they were grown, a new survey suggests. A Green Party private members bill, the Consumers’ Right to Know Bill, is currently before Parliament.
The Body Laid Bare at Auckland Art Gallery
World famous artworks travel the globe for The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate which opens next weekend at Auckland Art Gallery World famous artworks travel the globe for The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate which opens next weekend at Auckland Art Gallery Pablo Picasso, Nude Woman in a Red Armchair , 1932, oil paint on canvas. Tate: Purchased 1953.
Lorraine Downes pens emotional tribute to mark anniversary of Martin Crowe’s death
Martin Crowe and wife Lorraine Downes. Crowe died on March 3, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
Māori and Pacific more vulnerable to pancreas diseases
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of acute pancreatitis in the world with Maori and Pacific people at more than double the risk of developing pancreatitis and post-pancreatitis diabetes than New Zealand Europeans. A nationwide study on the frequency of inflammatory diseases of the pancreas and post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus, showed that the New Zealand risk is twice that of Western Europe and has nearly doubled over the past decade.
Whooping cough diagnosed in Paraparaumu School pupil
… said several times her son did not have whooping cough. The Paraparaumu alert came a day after Regional Public Health told students, parents, and staff that a student at Onslow College in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville had been diagnosed with …
a oeLowesta e-coli reading in Napier water supply a ” chlorination continuing
… illness, it says. However, if anyone is feeling sick with diarrhoea and/or vomiting they should see or call their health professional or call Healthline 0800 611 116. Council staff are working through the weekend and updates will continue when …
Family day at the beach could drain a bottle of sunscreen
If you and your family want to spend all day sizzling in the summer sun, you could drain a $26 bottle of sunscreen. Protection is needed from the sun’s cancer-causing rays between 9.15am and 5.50pm at this time of year, according to the Health Promotion Agency.
A journey to Antarctica: Life on the frozen planet
When a longed-for journey to the Antarctic became a reality, Damian Christie was not prepared for the immensity of what awaited him. I look out the window of the Hagglund – a vehicle resembling a little train on bulldozer tracks – and begin to cry.
Shipping containers fill a niche
Clare O’Higgins of the Look Good Feel Better charity with the shipping container that proved a versatile workshop venue. Clare O’Higgins thought she would be travelling around New Zealand teaching beauty workshops to cancer patients in a ‘little caravan’ for her charity Look Good Feel Better.
Woman with brain cancer and stepfather call quits on cigarettes
… said he tried to cut down, but that did not work and he found himself smoking more and more each day. “It was my health. I had to stop. Secondly, it was the money and it is not as socially acceptable now. “And it is a bloody mess in your house. It …
Patient with cystic fibrosis records crying doctor showing up to…
… complains about how much paperwork he has to type up when Mr Williams is admitted to the hospital. Waikato District Health Board chief executive Nigel Murray said they would be ‘urgently contacting’ the physician to ‘take action and offer the …
Clean rivers campaign ramps up for summer
… Management, set in 2014, included a requirement for regional councils to manage freshwater bodies so people’s health is safeguarded, and carries a bottom line that applies to “wading” and boating. Smith told the lecture audience the Government was …