Dogs dress up to raise funds and win prizes

Petember – Australia’s biggest charity doggie dress-up competition – has arrived! This special event is calling all dog fashionistas and their “hoomans” to get dressed for good – raising funds and awareness for assistance dogs for kids in need. Over the month of September, four-legged SuPAW heroes from across theRead More →

Not wester but Fruit and Veggie diet to fight depression

Researchers at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have revealed new insight into the connection between nutrition and depression in adults aged 45 years and older. Western diet in over 45s seems to be a contributor. The review, published in Ageing Research Reviews, indicates a beneficial relationship between higher intakesRead More →

Coffee Osteoporosis

University of South Australia researchers have a bone to pick when it comes to drinking too much coffee as new research finds that excess caffeine may be linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis. Investigating the effects of coffee on how the kidneys regulate calcium in the body, researchers foundRead More →

organic food

When you buy organic food, you don’t always get food free from pesticides, UNSW expert says. As consumers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that organic food is free from hormones and pesticides. Walk into any supermarket, you will find fresh produce, canned foods, poultry, and even personal hygiene products labelledRead More →

A-Fib Atrial Fibrillation

Do you or someone you know has AFib (or atrial fibrillation)? If the answer is yes, then read on. The research seems to be settling on what is the best Afib treatment and it is more and more – the surgery and tweaking route than medication, according to Dr. ChaunceyRead More →

stay energized

Experts say it’s easy to stay energized if you sleep eight hours a night, exercise and stretch for an hour a day, eat unprocessed, natural foods, don’t drink alcohol to excess, and have a positive attitude. Of course, these things are easier said than done. And they are much easier whenRead More →

Expiry dates v Best before dates

Next time you’re about to throw food in the rubbish, you should double check the food expiry date and/or best before date on it first. Food safety experts say some labelling is confusing – and you could be throwing out food that is actually still perfectly safe to eat. WorldRead More →

Shakti Mats apologizes and agrees to remove Hindu symbols

Agrees to remove sacred Hindu symbols from mats Christchurch (New Zealand) based acupressure mat firm Shakti Mats has agreed to remove sacred Hindu symbols “Om” and “Yantra” from its mats after Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”.  Jonathan Heslop, Director at Shakti Mats, in an email to Hindu statesman RajanRead More →