Health News
1. Mnf – Mindfulness application
Provides guided mindfulness tracks focusing in breath and body awareness lasting from 5-30 minutes. Also has a separate track for relaxation. The app also provides additional information on meditation in general.
2. 365 strengths
This app is based on positive...
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Endometriosis Awareness takes place across the globe during the month of March.
The KEY is to raise awareness of an (often) “invisible” disease which affects an estimated 176 million women worldwide during their reproductive – and most productive! – years. Endometriosis can have a devastating...
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It makes sense that if drugs sometimes appear effective even when they’re a simple placebo, that drugs could also seem ineffective even when they are real. This theory was recently put to the test with surprising results.
James Gallagher (Health reporter, BBC News) reported that a patient's belief...
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Spending just two hours in front of computers or the TV can make children unhappy, a study has found reported the Daily Mail. Many children and teenagers are spending copious amounts of time in front of some form of electronic media each day, including TV, computer games, videos and mobile phones...
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By Jeanie Lerche Davis
WebMD Feature
It's a mystery and a miracle: An acupuncture needle inserted in the pinkie toe changes a breech baby's position in the womb. How is this possible?
Ever since the 1970s, when this ancient Chinese tradition debuted in the U.S., Western researchers have sought to...
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by Carine Pieterse (Homeopath-Naturopath) Tyack Health
Problems with infertility in men and women have been steadily on the rise over the past few decades. The fertility society of Australia estimates that one in six couples are having trouble with fertility. Practitioners are seeing a rise in...
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The American Heart Association (AHA) has recently published a new policy statement emphasizing the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness in the US population, noting that cardiorespiratory fitness is as strong a predictor of adverse clinical outcomes as traditional risk factors and other exercise...
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October 2012 — According to data reported in Arthritis & Rheumatism by Yuqing Zhang, DSci, and colleagues from Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts - Patients with gout were less likely to report acute attacks after 2 days of eating cherries or imbibing cherry extract than...
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The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) advises in a position statement on concussions in sport that, “An athlete with concussion should not return to practise or competitive play until all symptoms have resolved, in order to avoid the risk for further injury during the vulnerable...
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For any person wanting to be as successful as Benjamin Franklin I invite you to trial for yourself his 13 principles to live by. The first four are revealed this month.
1. Temperance - Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation
2. Silence – Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself,...
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Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. This particular year a few days before Christmas, he punished his little five-year-old daughter after learning that she had used up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.
As money...
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The Department of Health and Aging states, “Nearly all Australians aged 65 years and older have at least one chronic condition, and more than 80% of people in this age group are living with three or more chronic conditions (reference: Australian Bureau of Statistics – 3303.0 National Health Survey...
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Is ginger an ingredient you eat regularly? Apart from providing some great flavour Ginger has medicinal properties that should not be overlooked. It has been used as a natural remedy for many ailments for centuries. Science is now catching up and researchers around the globe are finding that...
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If “break a leg” is not likely to ever be in reference to your budding stage career it might be far more serious, in fact debilitating or even life threatening.
Health professionals witness the serious effects of Osteoporosis in men and women of all ages and understand the need for everyone to...
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Disc Injury - herniated disc, prolapsed disc, disc protrusion, disc disease and slipped disc are some of the terms used for disc problems. Some of these terms have relevance to the actual physiological nature of disc injury. Others like slipped disc, aren't very accurate.
The disc and how it...
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Most people never really stop and think about why they just do not feel good or great most of the time. Some put it down to stress, others just tired, getting older, while others might blame weight gain but these are not often the real reason. Whether you are young or old you should still feel...
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Diarrhoea occurs in an estimated 30% of patients who take antibiotics. Among the 11,811 participants in 63 randomized controlled trials, probiotics were associated with a 42% reduced risk for diarrhoea, compared with a control group not using probiotics. “The use of probiotics (living...
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The World Health Organization recommends honey as a night-time treatment for coughing in young children over the age of 1 with upper respiratory infections (URIs).
In a current study, 300 children with URIs and nocturnal cough were given a single 10ml dose of either 1 of 3 types of honey products (...
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Every 68 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease. The amount of people who are diagnosed is set to triple by 2050. Results of one study in the April 24 issue of Neurology shed light on how to beat the odds. 700 dementia-free patients enrolled at Rush University Medical Centre were...
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Unless you can embrace change and become accustom to living slightly outside your comfort zone your thinking and understanding will not change, so neither will your emotions, motivations or actions. Like an ice sculpture you will be frozen as you are, at the mercy of your environment for your...
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Psychologist, Christina Reynolds is currently completing her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has experience in working with adults experiencing anxiety and depression as well as alcohol and drug problems. She also has experience in working with couples and is particularly passionate about...
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Psychologist, Maree Smith offers a client-centred approach and has extensive experience helping people with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, adjustment to illness, and physical pain. She has worked in forensic, rehabilitation and community mental health settings with adults of all ages...
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Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Ilze Grobler has more than 16 years experience in psychology for adults and children. She is experienced in the treatment of the full range of emotional difficulties. Ilze offers a combined Cognitive-Behavioural, Narrative Therapy and Hypnotherapy approach in the...
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At Tyack Health we know how important it is that the whole person be maintained in great health, as it affects many other aspects of one’s health. Tooth decay is one of Australia’s most common health problems, with five times the prevalence of that of asthma among children. Eleven million newly...
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It’s all about hitting it early when you’re getting sick, staying at home, resting up and getting some morning or afternoon sun all make a big difference to recovery. If you are in good general health and confident you are just getting a sore throat, bad cold, mild cough or a mild flu, antibiotics...
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Several surveys have shown that adults in western countries are getting significantly less sleep than they were at the beginning of the twentieth century.
A recent study has uncovered evidence of a significant negative correlation between getting poor or limited sleep and weight gain.
Being...
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Influenza is an acute, usually self-limiting febrile illness that occurs in
outbreaks of varying severity almost every Winter.
A large number of people are affected within a short period and with
general toxaemic symptoms such as chill, fever, headache, fatigue and
muscle and body aches. Also...
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Analysis of data from 4 studies, including 7 prospective cohort analyses in Asian (China and Japan) and Western (Australia and US) populations, was published online March 15 in the British Medical Journal by Emily A. Hu. The researchers conclude, "for each serving per day increment of white rice...
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While smoking creates the highest risk factor for COPD researchers have recently turned their sights on the role diet plays in the development of the disease. "Recent studies have shown that a high dietary intake of cured meat increases the risk of COPD development. Varraso and colleagues...
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An interesting book by Michael F. Roizen, MD. called "RealAge" states "Flossing your teeth daily can make your arteries younger. The probable reason: Flossing helps keep your immune system young... the same bacteria that cause periodontal disease also trigger an immune response, inflammation, that...
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“The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
– Morrie Schwartz (Book: Tuesdays with Morrie)
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The Black Dog Institute has launched a leading online self-help service on 24th July 2012 called myCompass, as part of the federal government’s e-mental health strategy. The internet and mobile phone based program is designed to assist people with mild to moderate depression, stress and anxiety to...
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16-22 July 2012 marks Family Doctor Week and we are celebrating! A good family Doctor supports you in all life's steps! Click here to read more over at the AMA website!
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#1 Vitamin C Supplements are regularly used for their Antioxidant benefit. After all, vitamin C is widely recognized as one of nature’s most powerful anti-oxidants. Just 100g of apple has the equivalent antioxidant power of a 1740mg megadose of Vitamin C. In combination with the fibre,...
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Some stories just stick with you.
One such story for me my grandmother shared with all her grandchildren to help us learn a hard lesson. She told us about one of my Aunties when she was just a little girl. She absolutely loved animals and was given a baby duck that she adored. She took it...
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Among the many important decisions facing an expectant mother is whether or not to continue exercising during their pregnancy. The health benefits of regular physical activity for the general population are well documented. It helps to reduce stress, maintain ideal weight, improve circulatory...
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Bowel cancer is something people don’t like to talk about; it’s a conversation killer. The aim is to stop people dying of embarrassment. Bowel Cancer is the second highest cause of death in Australia after lung cancer.
Bowel cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable. It’s time we all sat up...
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Researchers led by Paul A. Butterworth, associate lecturer and PhD candidate at the La Trobe University Department of Podiatry in Victoria, Australia looked at Four cross-sectional studies which indicated a strong association between increased Body Mass Index (BMI) and nonspecific foot pain.
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Increased intake of vitamin D may significantly reduce the risk for CD in women, according to an article published online December 12 and in the March issue of Gastroenterology:
This study found that vitamin D–sufficient women were 62% less likely to be diagnosed with CD during a 22-year period...
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Early maternal support and nurturing has a strong positive effect on brain development in young children, new research shows. This study was published online January 30 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
In this longitudinal study, researchers found that supportive...
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. - Corrie Ten Boom
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Grief and Feeling
• Grief is an instinctive response to loss & involves multiple feelings which hold positive purpose
• New grief is continuous- consuming mind/ body/ soul around the clock
• Core of grief is the desire to have the loved one / time back
• Mourning is learned- moves us through...
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Adversity happens to everyone
Everyone, at some stage of their lives, will experience adversity. Some people have a lot more things happen in their life than others, but life spares no-one.
At some stage, you will lose a treasured friend. Or have trouble with a relationship. With a parent. A child...
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Only 10% or so of the variation in people's reports of happiness can be explained by differences in their circumstances. Factors such as the type of job you have and how much money you make, do not equate to lasting happiness. Research suggests that the concepts of contentment (life satisfaction)...
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When we feel compassion for others we feel moved by their suffering. We experience warmth towards them and a wish to help and support them. We also realize that suffering, failure and pain are part of life and something we all share as humans. This means that we are not blaming the person for their...
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What is Stress?
Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense a danger –whether it is real or imagined- the body’s defences kick into high gear in a rapid automatic process known as the “fight or flight” reaction or...
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Thank you for attending the Psychology Community Information event on “How to achieve greater life satisfaction”!
We have received an overwhelming positive response from participants and intend to host more psychology initiatives in the next quarter. Thank you, also, for expressing your interest in...
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The month of May heralds ‘Heart Week’ from the 6th -12th . This is an especially important focus given there are on average 131 reported heart attacks every day in Australia. Tragically 28 of those people die every day as a result.
One of the biggest problems is people who have symptoms are...
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To get the most out of life we need to think about our death. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?
Observing how most of us choose to live every day you might think the greatest regrets would have something to do with more wealth, greater achievements, not seeing...
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Our society’s obsession with secular rather than holistic success is back firing massively when you hear firsthand accounts about so called ‘highly successful people’ who have to sell their Mercedes sports car because they can no longer get in and out of it due to obesity and associated problems....
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You have an injury, you’ve tried every therapy you can and done everything they tell you - yet you still can’t shift that niggling ache. You can only move within small parameters and with fine-tuned orchestration. You have googled and think there is no hope!
Don’t give up - your solution may be...
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Prenatal exposure to currently approved pesticides in greenhouse workers appears to be linked to earlier breast development in their daughters as measured 10 years later, according to a new report by Christine Wohlfahrt-Veje, MD, from the University Copenhagen, Denmark. Findings of this study were...
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This study concluded after investigating 87,025 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years - whose diets were high in trans fats, found in fried foods and packaged products - are at higher risk for certain types of ischemic stroke.
Using data from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (...
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Two Long-term large data studies might have more people considering a switch to other protein sources or even vegetarianism, with results showing that processed and unprocessed meat consumption is associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular mortality, as well as increased risk...
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
–George Eliot
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January and February have sped by so have you got yourself out of the starting blocks on your new year’s resolutions.
Did some of your New Year resolutions make the top ten list for 2012?
1) Spend More Time with Family & Friends
Recent polls conducted by General Nutrition Centres, Quicken,...
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We make hundreds of decisions daily, yet this very act depletes our ability to make them well. So how should we best navigate a world of endless options?
The suppression of a person’s ability to make positive and complex decisions can be referred to as decision fatigue. This mental fatigue has...
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At Tyack Health we believe in providing the highest quality of care while keeping care affordable. We passionately believe that the best care has 5 key elements;
• Holistic diagnosis and treatment – considers all aspects of each patient’s health and involves determining and treating the...
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"Do you know without kidney function our body dies! One in three Australians is at risk of developing kidney disease. Lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure are risk factors." Kidney Health Australia
March 8th 2012 is World Kidney Day and a timely prompt to really consider our...
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When our life is experienced as purposeful, significant and meaningful it can promote well-being. As you reflect on your goals for 2012, ask yourself these questions:
• Why do you want to reach your resolution?
• What’s going to help you follow through and achieve your goals?
Tips for setting...
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The best treatment of neck pain is still for some a controversial subject. A current study by Bronfort and colleagues compares the treatment strategies of spinal manipulation therapy, home exercise with advice, and medication.
Spinal Manipulation or exercises that patients can learn to do at home...
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A new study in Lancet obliterates the excuse “I don’t have time to exercise” because even just 15 minutes a day makes an impact.
This Taiwanese study followed more than 400,000 people for more than 8 years. Participants kept exercise diaries and self-reported weekly exercise as inactive, low,...
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A study published online January 17 in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, shows that with respect to alcohol-related birth defects and growth deficiencies, there is no safe amount of alcohol use during pregnancy. This new study based on prospectively collected data on nearly 1,000...
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The Dalai Lama when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered,
"Man.... Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he...
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If you think having Fish and Chips Sunday night equals ticking the “fish in my diet” box. Think again.
It has been well documented that the intake of fish and omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid is associated with cardiovascular disease prevention. It is also believed that fish may play a role in the...
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What thought in your life right now is causing you stress?
Is it about one of your key relationships, money, feeling underappreciated or perhaps that you’re a terrible parent?
Whatever the issue, it might be causing you considerable concern. These types of thoughts have a significant impact...
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In 2007, internet use in Australia surpassed TV watching for the first time - 13.7 hours per week vs. 13.3 hours - and mobile use quickly approached saturation, according to Nielsen Online’s 10th Australian Internet and Technology Report. Prime time for viewing TV is from 6.00pm -10.30pm. This...
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I will never forget the day a friend of ours (a retired psychologist) made an impromptu visit to our home. We had a baby and a two year old at the time and it was on the weekend. Our home looked like a small tornado (our son) had just been through the living area with toys, books and clothes...
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A study published in July set out to investigate the effect of the Bowen Technique on hamstring flexibility over time. The hamstring muscles are regularly implicated in recurrent injuries, movement dysfunction and low back pain. Links between limited flexibility and development of...
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February 23, 2011 — Use of a cell phone for as little as 50 minutes at a time appears to affect brain glucose metabolism in the region closest to the phone's antenna, a new study shows.
The proliferation of mobile/cell phone use has raised the question of the effects of radiofrequency-modulated...
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February 9, 2011 (Los Angeles, California) — Diet soft drink may not be the healthier alternative many had hoped. A new study suggests that the popular drinks may increase the risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death.
"People who had diet soda every day experienced a 61% higher...
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European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2011 Congress, British investigators are reporting that individuals who ate the most chocolate had a 37% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 29% lower risk of stroke compared with individuals who ate the least amount of chocolate. While overconsumption...
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“When we have practised good actions awhile they become easy; when they are easy we take pleasure in them; when they please us we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act they grow into habit.”
- Tillotson
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A new study published recently in a Pediatrics Journal, conducted in Singapore on three thousand children in grades three, four, seven and eight claims that one in ten are video game addicts and almost all of those suffer mental health problems. The study found that being addicted to playing video...
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Following a vegetarian diet and having a high intake of dietary fiber are associated with a lower risk for diverticular disease, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported online July 19 in the BMJ.
Compared with meat eaters, vegetarians had a 31% lower risk for diverticular...
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Preschool children who were not breast-fed or not exclusively breast-fed for 6 months show increased rates of asthma-related symptoms, such as wheezing, shortness of breath, and dry cough, according to a study published online July 20 in the European Respiratory Journal.
The results showed that,...
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Research suggests that different paths will take different people to the ultimate goal or destination of happiness. This was again noted in a recent edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology. In short, the construct is known as "orientations to happiness" and basically, it proposes that...
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By Tyack Health Practitioner, RICHARD McMAHON B.HlthSc(Acupuncture) DipRM
Irritable bowel syndrome is classified as a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder. “Functional”, as the symptoms occur without any structural abnormalities of the digestive tract and without any obvious abnormalities...
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Success is an elusive thing that sadly eludes 95% of the population. Only one in 20 will create the life they dream of…why is this? According to author Jeff Olson it all comes down to an individual’s philosophy. Philosophy ultimately determines long term results.
Our modern world conditions most...
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The secret to build your self-respect according to Gretchen Rubin’s web site The Happiness Project is to do something worthy of your respect. To like yourself better…do something that makes you likable. Here are some suggestions she suggests:
1. Do a good deed. This is as selfish as it is...
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Be an original...
To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is doing its best,
night and day,
to make you like everybody else
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight,
and never stop fighting.
~ E.E. Cummings
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• There is yet another reason to stay away from soft drinks, sweetened fruit juices, and sugar-loaded sports drinks: a new study has shown that there is a direct association between fructose and glucose intake and increases in blood pressure and that these sugar-sweetened beverages are associated...
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In 1998 I was working as manager of an air-conditioning company. On this particular day a storm was brewing early afternoon and I was helping the boss access an old roof top AC unit at Mt Gravatt. Without warning the skies opened and heavy rain and lightning forced us to dash across the roof to...
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1. Don't touch your face
Above all, keep your hands away from your eyes, mouth and nose, all of which serve as pathways for the virus to enter your respiratory tract.
2. Wash your hands
If you must touch your face, scrub your hands, getting under the fingernails and inside all crevices, for 20 to...
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Sign up today to our new products web site and receive 30 free points with your first order.
Rewards Health, a new initiative of Tyack Health is a website for on-line purchasing of practitioner recommended products by the Tyack Health team. On-line purchasing through Rewards Health will enable...
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In many cases this is just cleaver marketing and not necessarily healthier products. A recent article by well known nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton has urged Doctors to exercise caution when recommending products with the Heart Foundation Tick. Dr Stanton argues in the article published in the...
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The flood situation is an ongoing situation that will impact greatly on thousands of people across our state and country. The many scenes and stories experienced both in person and through the media will leave lasting memories on everyone’s minds and hearts. Whilst we focus on the practical and...
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Could right now be the best time of your life…if you weren’t so busy trying to live to others’ ideals and standards? Find the courage to be ‘you’. Do whatever it takes to live to your life blueprint. Increased happiness is a great by product.
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Heavy Smoking in Midlife Doubles the Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
November 1, 2010 — Heavy smoking in midlife more than doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia 2 decades later, according to a new observational study reported online October 25 in the...
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Universaly, happiness is still a bit of a medical mystery. This topic has fascinated scientists and psychologists for many centuries dating back to ancient Greece. Many have tried to crack the happiness code but because we are all so unique and so many factors influence happiness; there is no sure...
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I’ve undertaken a personal twenty year observation of people who are super healthy vs very unhealthy. In particular I love to find out peoples rationale for their excellent health or lack of. The thing that fascinates me most is I see people blame and justify their condition, then when...
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By BELINDA CUNNINGHAM, Bowen Therapist Tyack Health
Bowen Therapy was developed in Australia and named after Mr Tom Bowen (1916 - 1982) of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a unique form of neuromuscular repatterning. It works primarily through the nervous system on both structural and...
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
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Sexting…Cell phones continue to pose dangers to adolescents' health. First, it was "DWT -- driving while texting;" now it is "LH6" (let's have sex) and "sexting." Sexting is the sending of sexually charged messages or images via cell phone, and it has become headline news. Young lives lost to...
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by Cherie Dalton, Clinical Psychologist, Tyack Health
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
Post-graduate Diploma in Psychology
Masters in Clinical Psychology
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
Psychologists working in the...
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According to eMedexpert, music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits on our health, not to mention the benefits for learning language, improving memory and focusing attention, but also for physical...
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Treating sore backs is a big part of what we do here at Tyack Health. Some years ago we participated in a study by one of the big health funds that highlighted that our team achieved quicker return to normal function rates than the industry standards by almost 50% when it comes to back pain. While...
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You might know of someone who heard a “hot” stock market tip and invested heavily right before the market took a big dive. They panicked and sold their stock losing heavily. Now as a result of this experience they have never invested since and warn everyone off investing in shares. Sound familiar...
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Parental intuition has always told us that feeding our children is one of the most important roles we can be responsible for in life. Medical research has been slow to catch up to parents, however, the impact of childhood nutrition upon health in later life has now been well established within the...
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The term “being in love” gets totally lost in our frantically busy world.
Think back to when you fell in love and all you wanted to do was “just be” with your partner. “Being in love” was just about being together. It didn’t really matter what you did or where you were, just being together was...
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