Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe MBChB FRIPH FRCAM MISMA This article is aimed at providing some of the facts to assist you in making informed choices regarding lifestyle changes should you decide to do so. Focusing on heart disease provides a model for addressing the lifestyle link in all the major killer diseases, […]

Work-Life Balance  Stress can be positive or negative. When stress sparks personal achievement or life enjoyment and appreciation (positive stress), it can work to your benefit by making you enthusiastic, creative and productive, motivating you. But stress can easily spiral out of control, becoming negative distress, taking its toll on your physical and emotional health

Written by: Dr Arien van der Merwe MBChB FRIPH FRCAM MISMA Medical doctor and author with extensive experience in workplace wellness, stress management and integrative medicine. Within each of us is a ray of light, flowing from within the depth of our being. When this light penetrates our consciousness, we stand in that perfect moment

Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe, medical doctor and author who specialises in natural medicine, workplace wellness and stress management. 1. More meaningful holidays Have the holidays become too commercial for you? Are you feeling empty and unfulfilled during this time of the year? By making some simple changes, you and your children can truly

Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe, medical doctor and author who specialises in natural medicine, workplace wellness and stress management. Follow these links for our Female/Hormone Health Box and Fat/Weight Loss Box A few synchronicities have been popping up lately around my own health challenges, patients who consult me, and in assisting journalists specifically

Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe, medical doctor and author who specialises in natural medicine, workplace wellness and stress management. “Forgiveness recognises what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. It does not pardon sins and make them real. It sees there was no sin. And in that view all your sins are

Executive health: High blood pressure, high cholesterol, high stress. WHAT NOW? 12 weeks can make all the difference to your inner wellbeing and outer physical health! One of the most frequently requested workplace wellness interventions my company facilitates, is practical stress management for the executive or management committee members. If executive health is any indication of

Peer Educator Training Module 1 Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe MBChB FRIPH MISMA Medical doctor, author & specialist in workplace wellness, peer educator training & stress management Way to Wellness through Nutrition Wellness Gardens LECTURE 8 Nutrition: Also refer to ‘food story’ under Physiology 101 and nutrition under Stress Solutions Food pyramid poster to

A BREAST SCREENING TOOL TO DETECT EARLY CHANGES IN BREAST TISSUE IN WOMEN OF ALL AGES  Compiled (with some sections written) by Dr Arien van der Merwe MBChB FRIPH MISMA Information sourced from various published research articles supplied by Thermal Health Solutions, South Africa. Complete articles and research summaries available on request.   A breast screening tool to

About five million years ago, human kind took an important step in its evolution: standing upright and walking on two legs. Among other advantages, this enabled him to gain a better overview of surrounding terrain, but at the same time left him susceptible to the health challenge of vein disorders. Arteries transport (for the most