We all want to eat good, healthy foods… but some common foods are very, very healthy and it may pay to add more to your diet.

Mushrooms, for example, contain lots of vitamin D, the vitamin getting a lot of good publicity lately. Vitamin D leads to lower rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, blood pressure and more. Yet vitamin D is not found naturally in many foods – apart from mushrooms and a few others.

Mangoes are great for you – rich in vitamin A and C, and full of fibre and antioxidants. Have as many as you can during mango season! (more…)

Whatever illness your family member is facing, chances are, especially if they’re a child, you’re worried every time they leave the house. What happens should something happen while they’re away from home?

Old-fashioned, chunky alert bracelets were always a struggle to get kids to wear, but mediband and medibandplus products come in bright, fun colours that aren’t daggy for kids to wear. And that’s the key. If your child (or better half for that matter) is happy to wear a band, half your awareness issue disappears. Medical professionals know what to look out for. They’re familiar with the concept (indeed, feedback suggests some First Aid trainers are talking about medibands in their training sessions). (more…)

One of the many complaints sufferers of serious illnesses have is gaining public awareness of their plight – whether it be for government funding, awareness in the general community, fund raising itself, or just ensuring the community has a degree of understanding. Medibands help protect you and your family – but how do you raise awareness?

Our sister brand is Handband and the idea here is to enable community groups to raise awareness of their activities (among other things) by selling or gifting Handbands with printed messages.

The supporters and family of George Kruger wanted to bring him home from hospital. He was born with a series of congenital birth defects and after many months in hospital the family wanted him home. To raise funds and awareness, community groups, volunteers and larger charities combined resources and enabled the necessary equipment to be placed in the home. (more…)

Often the worst day in a parent’s life is the day of diagnosis of a serious medical condition. Perhaps it’s diabetes or asthma, a heart condition or something else equally serious. Or maybe you’re having trouble getting a condition diagnosed. One of the first things to do is establish the family medical history. Is the condition inherited? Genetic? How severe was it in others. What other conditions presented?

Knowing your medical family tree enables doctors to: (more…)

Our Mediband® and MedibandPlus® products are an ideal safeguard against a sudden asthma attack when your child is out of your immediate care – at a friend’s house, in the school playground, visiting relatives.

Mediband is discreet, attractive, not embarrassing for the kids to wear and can alert supervising adults to the immediate steps they need to take, or better yet, allow swift diagnosis by medical personnel.

This is particularly important for asthma sufferers. The Asthma Foundation has some good tips for (more…)