by Women's Health | Oct 21, 2019 | Health
What do you see when you think of a pharmacist? For many of us, the answer here seems quite simple. A pharmacist is a man or woman who, first of all, can read a doctor’s handwriting (a rare skill!) – and a man or woman who gives you the medicine that’s been prescribed...
by Women's Health | Oct 18, 2019 | Health
Obesity and overweight are terms many of us tend to use interchangeably; while they are similar, they are not the same. It all comes down to Body Mass Index (BMI), which is a measure of body fat based on a person’s weight, height and age. Someone with a BMI of...
by Women's Health | Oct 18, 2019 | Health
When Annemarie van Wyk was diagnosed with breast cancer, it came as a total shock. She was, after all, only 27, her business was taking off and married life was going well – it couldn’t get any better. But when she felt a lump in her left breast, her world...
by Women's Health | Oct 17, 2019 | Health
So South Africa was ranked the unhealthiest country. In. The. World. Oof. And we need to do something about it. Let’s start with cleaning up our nutrition. Was that a giant sigh? Yeah, it’s hard. The internet is filled with so much info about how to eat...
by Women's Health | Oct 14, 2019 | Health
Nausea, fatigue, body aches…sounds like the flu, right? But if it happens regularly around your period, it’s likely what experts often refer to as the “period flu.” While “period flu” is not a formal medical term or diagnosis, Dr Alyssa Dweck,...
