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Hormones are really very important to the health of everything organ and system in the human body. So what are they and what do they do?  Hormones are quite simply chemical messengers, that transfer information from place to place, think "Australia Post". Hormones are responsible for regulating our sleep, our sexual functions, our reproductive cycles, our sugars, our fats and our energy systems. Some examples include insulin, thyroid hormone, oestrogen and melatonin. We even ...

Integrative medicine is a philosophy of health that focuses on the individual patient and combines conventional western medicine with evidence-based natural medicine and therapies within the current mainstream system. An Integrative GP reaffirms the significant relationship between the doctor and the patient. It is a complete emphasis on the whole person. Integrative medicine isn't alternative medicine as it is informed by the latest scientific evidence, and it makes use of all available ...

This article will appear in the Mornington Peninsula Magazine August 2018 Addition. Over the past 15 years the internet-based positive health movement has: Inspired us to review our dietary habits in a fast food-loving culture; Encouraged us to slow down in a pace-obsessed world; and, Emphasised the importance of lifestyle when it comes to our health and well-being. But what about when health becomes an obsession, when all we think about is being optimally healthy, when we feel...

Need a kick start for your metabolism? Over 2/3 of Australians are either obese or overweight, this is an increase of over 500 fold in the last 50 years. Our changing lifestyle, our changing food habits and our changing gut biome all play a role in this weight gain epidemic. So is there anything you can do? Managing a healthy weight can be a challenge for many people, most of those have tried many fad diets, some have even gone as far as using medications and surgery to assist t...

Well it has been a long time coming and the new "pap smear" test has arrived. It won't be called a pap smear now, as the technology has changed, so it is now officially called  a "cervical screening test", but that doesn't roll off the tongue, like a pap test does, so colloquially the term pap test will stick around for now. So what does this mean for women.... Over the last few decades medical science has found that most women who go onto develop cervical c...