What does your walk reveal about you?
By Dr. Helena Popovic, Medical Doctor, International Speaker and leading authority on improving brain function June 2022 We have long known that people in their 70s and 80s who walk at a slower pace, die younger. Research has now revealed that injuries aside, walking more slowly in our 40s is also associated with faster ageing and…
Turn off the lights!
By Dr. Helena Popovic, Medical Doctor, International Speaker and leading authority on improving brain function May 2022 I’m sure you’re aware that bright evening lights and using screens close to bedtime make it harder to fall asleep. Research from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago has now shown that even low levels of light…
What boosts our brain more than vitamins and minerals?
By Dr. Helena Popovic, Medical Doctor, International Speaker and leading authority on improving brain function April 2022 A study in the New England Journal of Medicine December 2019 recorded brain size, levels of BDNF* and various aspects of cognitive function in five men and four women who lived at the German Neumayer III station in Antarctica…
Stress to resilience and strength
By Dr. Maria Zuschmann, Integrative Chiropractor and Stress Adaptation & Performance Coach March 2022 We are in a time that the speed of change around us is faster than ever before, would you agree? The world, technology and how we use it and our connection to others has changed and had to adapt at a…
2022-23 Federal Budget
Colin Lewis Head of Strategic Advice, shares with us his insights on the measures announced in this year’s Budget covering taxation, superannuation, and social services.
What’s been missing?
By Dr. Helena Popovic February 2022 For two years we’ve been inundated with daily news about Covid-19 — the numbers, variants, hospitalisations, vaccines and lockdowns. But with all the noise, the most important information has been drowned out: how to boost our immune system. We have an inbuilt mechanism designed to ward off infections. Sometimes…
Heart disease – can it be reversed? Take the test
By Dr. Ross Walker September 2021 In part C of this series, I will discuss the first step in assessing your ability to improve your chances of avoiding heart disease which is to establish your current level of risk. This is decided by a five-pronged approach, the first of which is: Clinical Assessment. The most…
Heart disease – can it be reversed? Part B
By Dr. Ross Walker August 2021 Many people, including a significant amount of the medical profession, are under the misconception that heart disease is a slowly progressive condition that may be slowed down with intensive medical treatment but definitely cannot be reversed. With our current approach, this is certainly true and to quote Albert Einstein,…
10 things I learned in my faux-retirement
By Christine Benz, on behalf of Firstlinks July 2021 Christine Fahlund, who retired from her position as T. Rowe Price’s retirement-planning guru a few years ago, often liked to say that pre-retirees should ‘trial-run’ their retirements. Would traveling around the country in an RV be as fun as they had imagined, for example, or would day…
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