The World Health Organisation has now ranked depression as the leading cause of ill health. This places it ahead of medical illnesses...

Too often people who have a disability are looked at and judged on the tasks they CAN’T do; rather than what they CAN do. Exercise and...

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The Christmas and New Year season is a time when our focus shifts away from work to our personal lives. Many of us look forward to...

Have you hit a plateau in your training? Are you feeling less motivated to get into the gym? Is your healthy eating taking a hit because...

What is autoimmune? It is when the immune system malfunctions and starts to see some part of its normal anatomy as a problem, so it...

Vegemite toast, chicken schnitzel and even Grandma’s porridge could be the reason for pain and suffering for thousands of Australians....

What happened to your New Year’s Resolutions? Still sticking to the hard and fast no alcohol, no chocolate and going to the gym every...

Over the past 18 years, Hunter Organic Foods have built up solid relationships with dozens of suppliers to bring Novocastrians an...

What kind of brain-washing marketing has made us believe that doing something completely unsustainable, unhealthy and often ridiculous...

In its simplest form, Neuromuscular Therapy is a modern, logical system of massage therapy that is based on understanding how the...

Summer in Australia means getting outside, being active and enjoying lots of daylight saving sunshine. Fabulous for our fitness, eight...

There is no doubt that in Australia complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become a more accepted and widely used form of...

I have been working in mental health for 15 years. As part of my role as the Director of the Hunter Institute of Mental Health, I have...