Healthy Home
How healthy
is your home?We have all heard about a healthy lifestyle and healthy diet, but what about a healthy home? Your home may look clean and even smell clean but there may still be places where germs and uninvited guests linger, even thrive. Have you perhaps wondered if you are “allergic” to your home? Well perhaps you actually are!
Special Features
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Women's health feature
Before you dive into the next round of spring-cleaning the house, focus on yourself for a minute. You deserve a little attention too. Family Health Diary reports... -
Quit Smoking
Simply deciding to give up smoking is a big move in itself, however it’s the weeks and months that follow that can really test your resolve. Family Health Diary reports...
What's on Family Health Diary
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Symbicort Asthma treatment
If you have asthma and use two or more inhalers, you might be surprised to know there is a simple, effective way to manage your asthma using just one inhaler. -
Yaz contraception
For many women, the contraceptive pill offers benefits beyond birth control, such as making periods lighter and shorter. But now there’s a pill that goes even further, helping even out the hormonal fluctuations you may experience each month.
Your Health A to Z
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Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the most serious problems of the developed world and is affecting our nation’s health in epidemic proportions. It’s caused by having too much sugar (hyperglycaemic) in the blood because the hormone insulin, which normally controls blood sugar levels, is either totally lacking or is not working properly... -
Colds and Flu
The common cold and the flu are both virus infections of the upper respiratory tracts (nose, throat and sinuses). There are around 200 different viruses that can cause the common cold but only one that causes flu, the influenza virus, which exists in three forms known as A, B and C.
Family Health Diary Reports
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Osteoporosis
It costs New Zealanders more years of life than breast cancer, cervical cancer, Parkinson’s disease or HIV/AIDS. Yet despite being one of the most common and debilitating diseases in the country, osteoporosis is also one of the most preventable. -
Footcare
If you’ve hardly seen your feet in recent months because they’ve been firmly lodged in socks and shoes, you could be in for a surprise… an unpleasant one. Without proper attention, foot problems can creep up on you. Family Health Diary reports...
