Twelve Questions: Gillian Eadie

  Gillian Eadie says people must challenge their brains every day to look after their memories. Photo / Nick Reed   Memory Foundation director Gillian Eadie teaches baby boomers how to reduce memory loss using tools developed by her sister Dr Allison Lamont....
10 Remedies in your Kitchen Cupboard

10 Remedies in your Kitchen Cupboard

Did you know that some annoying ailments can be relieved by10 everyday food items? You might be surprised! Lynda Earl, Naturopath from Huckleberry says: Before there was medicine, there was food, and food as medicine is the foundation of many healthy lifestyles. Try...
Prevent Alzheimer’s? Yes, we can!

Prevent Alzheimer’s? Yes, we can!

A packed audience sat enthralled as Emeritus Professor A. David Smith (University of Oxford, UK) spoke of his research into novel treatments and techniques for Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. Then came this question from the audience: “Can we prevent...
Ease Neck and Shoulder Pain

Ease Neck and Shoulder Pain

Calling all Desk Jockeys! Any task that encourages you to sit in one position for long hours can wreak havoc on posture. Even enjoyable hours whiled away with an e-reader or a tablet may have that effect — and worse. Holding a tablet too low in your lap can force the...
How does your brain ‘learn’?

How does your brain ‘learn’?

All your life, you have been learning. You know how to do an amazing array of things – some you won’t have thought about for years! (But that knowledge is till there, just waiting to be needed again ….) You take your brain – and how it learns...
Ease Neck and Shoulder Pain

Improve your walking gait with Kris Tynan

The Clam is favorite exercise of physios and Pilates instructors for a very good reason. Buttock and hip muscles can become a little lazy and the way you walk and run can reveal all! A classic ‘hip hitch’ gait develops to compensate for the hip muscles, particularly...