By Sophia van Gent Fact: aneurysms contribute to 25,000 deaths in the United States every year. One in 100 people with aneurysms will suffer a rupture. Aneurysms are an excessive localized swelling of the wall of an artery and form silently from the wear and tear on the arteries. The disease that causes aneurysms is … Continue reading Aneurysms – facts & stories →

By Sophia van Gent You know when you were a kid and your parents kept telling you to drink more water and you didn’t really listen to it? Still don’t really listen that advice? Well, maybe you should. After all, they do have a point. With summer already in swing and with temperatures often over … Continue reading Why You Should Drink More Water →

By Sophia van Gent Is there a debate on vaccination? Alison Gaylard from the Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters Group (an area with the lowest rates of immunisation in Australia) doesn’t think so. “There is no debate. There is science and medicine and then there is fear-mongering, lies and Chinese whispers,” said Gaylard to Natural Health … Continue reading Why Do We Vaccinate? →