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PTSD is a fairly common mental illness that results from traumatic experiences like rape, assault, violence, conflict, warfare, motor vehicle accidents, child abuse, or the threat of such things. PTSD is quite common in wartime situations hence its being previously known as "shell shock" or "combat neurosis". A surge in US cases arising from [...]
Health screening is important for all of us. The Sanlam wellness programme includes a pharmacy-based health screening service that is very valuable so let's just review how it works... Who can use this service? Any permanent employee of the Sanlam Group. This includes Sanlam, Santam, MiWay, and Brolink employees. Unfortunately the service is not [...]
Mental health, psychological wellbeing, life balance, resilience, mindfulness.....these, and others, are all terms used to describe a positive mental, psychological, and emotional state. Sadly, but truthfully, something like one in five of us will have some form of significant mental health problem, challenge, or illness, in our lives. Mental illness is common but it [...]
As we write this in late 2020, the world has changed. We have seen the coronavirus pandemic, national lock-downs, economies in free-fall, racial tensions internationally and locally, political extremism, and more. It adds up to a world in real turmoil such as most have never seen in their lifetimes. The future seems uncertain. These [...]
There's a lot to be said for exercising out of the home (variety, interest, fresh air, instructors, high-end equipment, team sports, etc.) but there are also several good reasons for exercising at home (convenience, cost, family balance, privacy, etc.) and of course, pandemics create yet another reason to stay active while staying at home. [...]
You can never be too rich or too slim or too young, is a saying that most of us have heard (and yes, it can be seen to contain some discriminatory notions, but let's leave that aside for now). Let's think about age just a bit: Age, or chronological-age is how long we have [...]
Covid-19 (the disease caused by the new coronavirus) is brand-new pandemic sweeping the world in 2020. Everyone has been affected. Many have died. More yet, will die. The world has changed and may never be quite the same again. There is anxiety, fear, sadness, uncertainty and anger. There is also stigma... What is Covid-19 [...]
The main wellness message around activity and exercise is invariably "do some" or "do more". And that's fair enough, given that more than half of us are inactive / sedentary. Exercise and activity is one of the cornerstones of healthy balanced living and we are not shy to encourage it. But what about overtraining? [...]
Cancer of the cervix is the fourth most common cancer affecting women worldwide. This is widely known and indeed, most modern women have regular PAP-tests to check for the early pre-cancerous treat-able stages of this cancer. What is less widely known is that cancer of the cervix is almost always caused by Human Papilloma [...]
