Archive for July 2017
Getting Help for Suicide – What Young People Say?
Young people, who had thought about, attempted or planned suicide told what advice they would like to give others and how they got help. To deal with how they feeling, only 1 in 5 young people had ever received any help. Why didn’t they ask for help? Stigma “If I talk to someone they will find…
Read MoreHow to Get More Sleep?
While you can’t stop a sick toddler from getting you up at 3am or change your baby’s around-the-clock schedule, you can improve the quality of what sleep you are getting. Here’s how in easy steps: Stay cool. Keep your bedroom at a comfortable temperature and block out noise and light, which can wake you from…
Read MoreWhat are the Signs of Postnatal Depression?
Postnatal depression is different from the baby blues which can make you feel anxious, weepy and moody, but it usually gets better within a few hours or days, after the birth. But, you may have postnatal depression, if these feelings go beyond the first two weeks after your baby is born, which is an illness…
Read MoreYour Child Says ‘It Hurts’ – What to Do?
They don’t have a fever, you know it is not a flu or cold, there are no symptoms presenting, yet they still insist they’re sore. What you should do next? It can be an emotional time, having a sick child at home. It can be extremely frustrating, throw in the scenario where you don’t exactly…
Read MoreFew Tips for Helping Sick Kids Sleep
When a kid is sick they just want their mum, it’s a well-known fact. Who can blame them? It is also a well-known, when kids are sick, they generally have trouble sleeping: pains and aches, high fevers and persistent coughing all turn a restful sleep into the impossible dream. And if your kid isn’t sleeping,…
Read MoreDiabetes
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic health condition and it is fastest growing chronic disease. A disorder in which the body cannot make proper use of carbohydrates in food because the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the insulin produced is ineffective is diabetes. From the digestion of carbohydrates in food comes glucose.…
Read MoreHigh Blood Pressure
What is blood pressure? The pressure of your blood against the inner walls of your arteries as it is pumped around the body by your heart is blood pressure. The flow of blood in your arteries and your blood pressure falls and rises, as your heart pumps, in a regular wave pattern. Blood pressure falls…
Read MoreAnxiety – An Overview for Parents
What is anxiety? An inherent response to a perceived threat is anxiety, and normal levels of anxiety can assist people to solve problems more efficiently and to be motivated and more focused. Everybody experiences anxiety sometimes, especially when faced with stressful, dangerous or unfamiliar situations. Most of the anxiety that young people and children feel…
Read MoreWater safety after floods, cyclones and other disasters
Drinking water A boil water alert is issued for areas connected to mains scheme water, sometimes following a disaster, because the mains water may be unsafe to cook with or drink. If a boil water alert has been issued, it is essential you follow that warning to prevent illness. To prepare water for food preparation or…
Read MoreWhat is Mental Health?
Good mental health is a sense of confidence, self-esteem and wellbeing. It enables us to fully appreciate and enjoy day-to-day, our environment and other people. When we are mentally healthy we can: reach our potential, using our abilities form positive relationships easy deal with life’s challenges. How can we improve our mental health? A few…
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