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  1. Sleep, glorious sleep! Plus Medical Alert Bracelets

    medical alert braceletsWe all know how a good night's sleep makes us feel - more energised, more alert and better able to face the day. Yet another study has emphasised just how true this is. The study, published online by the Journal of Adolescent Health analysed data from 2,700 US teens aged 13 to 18. Of these, 30% said they went ot bed later than 11.30pm. By the time they graduated, the study clearly shows that the sleep deprived kids had lower marks and more emotional problems than the other children. The message is clear - get your teen to bed at an earlier time. Here are some tips on getting teens to sleep earlier. 1. Turn off the wifi feeding phones and computers at 10pm. Continue reading →
  2. Wear Diabetes Bracelets this World Diabetes Day 14 November 2013

      diabetes bracelets for world diabetes dayToday is World Diabetes Day. According to Diabetes Australia, 280 people develop Diabetes every single day and over 1.5 million have the condition. Diabetes Australia will launch the National Diabetes Service Scheme media campaign to coincide today for World Diabetes Day. General Practitioner, Dr George Forgan-Smith said with more than 1 million already diagnosed, diabetes is now the fastest growing chronic disease in Australia. “Left untreated diabetes is associated with increased risk of heart, kidney and eye disease, stroke and even loss of limb secondary to its complications,“ Dr Forgan-Smith said. “Early detection and treatment of diabetes can reduce the risk of Continue reading →
  3. Track your health!

    medical idThere has been a flurry of devices that track your fitness regimes, your sleep and your diet over the past couple of years and if you're serious about your health, maybe you should give it a shot too? Fitbit is a device that wraps around your wrist much like a watch and tracks the steps you take on a daily basis. It has rudimentary sleep tracking and an app that it uploads all the data to giving you a birds eye view of how much exercise you get. You can manually track your food intake through the app and, although it's a manual process, it will help the dedicated with calorie counts and more. Jawbone UP is similar but gets a better rap for the accuracy of the data and the usefulness of the app that powers it. Forums indicate, however, that the company has quality control issues. The beauty of these devices (and there are others), is that they let you take an active role in your health. You can drive your exercise routines and the competitive nature of humans will hopefully do the rest. If you're dealing with health issues in your family, medical bracelets are a worthwhile investment - and cheap at that! A MedibandPlus medic alert bracelet tells anyone on scene what the issue potentially is. Mediband medical alert bracelets are ideal for anyone Continue reading →
  4. Six Communication Tricks To Get Your Kids to Cooperate

    mediband healthy, kids bracelets, braceletsHas anyone worked out the miracle cure to parent frustration... and invented kids who do what you need them to do, when you tell them to do it and how do you get them to wear their mediband kids bracelets No? Ok, manipulation, here we come. 1. Invite and don't demand! Getting them up on time. Have a competition, first child up and dressed and wearing their mediband kids bracelets gets to pick the breakfast (from the three healthy options you have) for the rest of the family. 2. Co-operate with them. Make technology work. Want today's wifi password? Then make your beds and vacuum the playroom. 3. Stop Repeating Yourself. Won't take your pills? Use the old trick of creating a false choice, with the one you want them to choose as the lesser of two evils. "What would you like - three pills or five this morning?"  Make it interesting so that they don't zone out and become bored.  Continue reading →
  5. Mediband Medical Alert and Halloween

    halloween the medical nightmare Yes, it's that time of year again. Sugar, more sugar and a smattering of every allergen created just for good measure. Here are some tips to help you, the parent, of a allergy prone child. 1. Make sure your child doesn't 'eat on the road'; ask them to bring it all back and bribe them (if necessary) with additional treats at home. Because what you'll need to do at home is swap out the candy you can't allow for safe treats. Continue reading →

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