Health

Women’s Health by Dr. Paula Stanley If we ask our aunties and mothers what their menopause was like, the answer is usually ‘what menopause?’! In the 60s, 70s and 80s, midlife female health was not an area, in medicine or in our society, that got any attention: women were expected […]

When I was first asked for Shilajit, it seemed like a wellness fad – and a slightly suspicious one at that. It wasn’t until we were asked repeatedly that we decided to look into where it comes from and what it does. We cautiously brought some in, and then started […]

The mind is a powerful thing. More specifically our prefrontal cortex, the area of our brain responsible for language, reasoning and logic. This part of the brain is why we humans have evolved and become the dominant species on this planet. We can invent things and be curious and investigate […]

In my last article I wrote about BPPV (Begin positional proximal vertigo), the most common cause of vertigo. Probably the next most common cause is vertigo caused during or after an inner ear infection. There are some significant differences between these two diagnoses: BPPV is a vertigo which is bought […]

By Aileen Slein As a neurodivergent person, my sense of justice is not a quiet preference. It is not a polite opinion I can fold neatly away. It burns steadily within me. Fairness is not abstract or intellectual. It is visceral. When something feels unjust, I feel it in my […]