Dr Michel Neeff: Hearing loss is totally preventable with better awareness

Everyone's using headphones and blasting sounds at full-volume now; noise-cancelling ear-phones are as common and cheaper than ever; live shows and events with crowds are a must for most adults, and children are being left to their devices - listening to music and game-sounds without knowing what's…

Dr John Cameron: Regular check ups with your GP are crucial

Westmere Medical Centre's Dr John Cameron joins Newstalk ZB's Tim Beveridge to talk the important of seeing your GP regularly.  They also explore the reasons why people avoid the doctor. LISTEN ABOVE

Alex Bartle: Bad sleep can be tied to life-shortening conditions

A new study finds poor sleep is tied to rising cancer risk for those under 50, with irregular sleeping patterns and insomnia being three times more likely to get cancer within five years. But sleeping can be hard to do, especially if you're younger and faced with the stresses of today, or the dist…

Gordon Walker: Being fit looks different for everyone

Nowadays our phones have the ability to track our exercise and sleep habits, and if it's not our phones, it's our smartwatches. These tools can monitor our heart-rate, count our steps, say how many calories we've burned, and tracks how far we've walked, biked, or run. There's all these metrics an…

Allyson Gofton: Soup is the secret for nutrition on a dime

The weather is getting colder and the nights are getting longer, that means only one thing... soup season! Soup is a great meal to get in lots of nutrition with less cost and less effort.  Chef Allyson Gofton joined Tim Beveridge for Health Hub to chat all things soup.  LISTEN ABOVE 

Dr Michel Neeff: 'Normal' symptoms that could actually be hearing loss

Hearing loss is one of those things that sneak up on you.  In most cases, it's not something you notice as a sudden change - but you may catch yourself lip reading a little bit more often, or turning up the volume on the TV gradually over a few weeks or months. LISTEN ABOVE

Greg Pain: You're more likely to get injured in winter

The weather is cooling down and winter is almost upon us...  That means winter sports will be starting up soon if they haven't already, and your muscles will be tighter and more vulnerable to injury than in the warmer months.  What injuries are more likely when it's colder out, and how can we avo…

Claire Turnbull: Why your GP won't give you nutrition advice

We've been hearing for a while an increasing concern around a lack of information about healthy eating.  You head to the doctor for a minor issue that's been bugging you for a while, and you're more likely to head home with a script for panadol and ibuprofen than a few print outs on maintaining a …

Rob Knight: Warming up isn't enough to avoid injury

For decades we've watched as professional athletes spend a whole lot of time warming up behind the pre-game interviews on game day, from stretching to sprinting and everything in between.  The professionals take it seriously and so do the amateurs - parents will know the rush to show up an hour or…

Dr Alex Bartle: Most people are ruining their own sleep

At this stage it's probably more common than not to have some kind of wearable tracker to track your steps, heart rate, and the one we're discussing today - sleep.  They give you data showing how long you've slept, how much time you spent in each of the sleep stages, and some will even provide you…