Dr Ginni Mansberg

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Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Who wants to live to 100? Better than the alternative!

Written on July 17, 2010 at 12:18 pm

Zen life extenders

For many of us, the idea of lining up for a spot in a nursing home in our hundreds is staggeringly stupid. Until you get into ‘middle age’ when the alternative – carking it- don’t sound so good.  Then there’s a mad …

 

The anti Energy drink wowser brigade

Written on July 12, 2010 at 11:26 am

Red Bull villification

Reports that Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre’s director Professor Dan Lubman has called for Energy drinks containing caffeine, cleverly masked as the health-food-esque ‘guarana’ to be banned and blaming their mixture with alcohol for fueling violence among …

 

Is your boss making you sick?

Written on July 2, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Not a perk of the job... a wokplace hazzard

I loved my mate, JT (Justin Tamsett’s) blog on workplace stress and its relationship to weight issues today. (Link below) I’m not sure too many board chairmen or women read my blog (I’m not …

 

No quick fix for the virus of the week!

Written on July 2, 2010 at 9:30 am

OMG I'm dying...........

Stomach cramps, headache, aches and pains and sore throat. That seems to be about the scope of the virus of the week. It’s a nasty one, for sure and I have the deepest sympathy for anyone …

 

Pap smear due already? Oh no!!

Written on June 21, 2010 at 3:58 pm

Your PAP smear survival guide

Relax!! This won't hurt a bit....

Surviving your pap smear

Here in Australia, our Federal government send us a courtesy love letter to remind us to attend our biennial grease and oil check; the pap smear.

For reasons …

 

Admin Aversion Disorder- are you a sufferer?

Written on May 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm

AAD sufferers and their families need support

Admin Aversion Disorder

Who are the grand poo bahs who decide what constitutes a mental illness? The writers of the DSM IV manual? Let me in because I want to create a new mental health category; Admin Aversion …

 

Let’s (not) get physical

Written on May 6, 2010 at 5:17 pm

Easy for you to say!!

I still break out into a cold sweat when I see old video footage of ONJ in her leotard ‘getting physical’. No, not that sort of cold sweat; the kind that confirms my complete nausea and …

 

Wonder ingredients on the nose

Written on May 6, 2010 at 4:26 pm

oops, where did I put my salary?

GlaxoSmithKline PLC has pulled its trials of the miracle ingredient, Resveratrol (the 11 secret herbs and spices in red wine) over safety concerns. A Swedish study of over 35,000 women found that taking a multivitamin might …

 

Listen up all you pregnant ladies… think twice before sticking your man at the business end during labour

Written on April 23, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Bonding at what cost?

Bonding at what cost?

This is one for all the pregnant ladies out there; I don’t mean to be too blunt, but we need to have a pretty frank conversation. And nobody else is …

 

Has the drive to and from soccer training demolished your family dinner?

Written on April 21, 2010 at 4:34 pm

Love driving? Hate being at home in the evenings? Then taking on extra activities for your kids could be for YOU!!