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Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA) Conference
Great news! The AIMA conference (18/19 May) has been upgraded to the brand-new, state-of-the-art conference centre in the Sir Paul Reeves Building at AUT, Central Auckland. Register online now...
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Is Modern Medicine Killing You?
In the 10th and final episode of Is Modern Medicine Killing You? Dr Pitsilis refers 20-year-old Jessie Mee for help with hormonal problems that are linked with her poor breathing pattern....
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Clinical Review: Sleep apnoea - A survey of breathing retraining
By Mary Birch, Australian Nursing Journal October 2012, Vol 20, No. 4, pages 40-41....
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Incorrect breathing and our melting faces
The link between breathing-facial/dental development, sleep disorders, health and longevity...
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How does incorrect breathing turn gorgeous children into unattractive adults?
The relationship between breathing pattern, dental development, facial features and sleep disorders....
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Are You Breathing Correctly?
Dr Helen Smith of the Auckland Holistic Medical clinic writes about the medical implications of incorrect breathing and what you can do....
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Is Modern Medicine Killing You?
If you saw Philip Parker on "Is Modern Medicine Killing You?" then you know he completed the Buteyko Clinic programme. With this and lifestyle changes recommended by his doctor he made a complete recovery. He no longer suffers from sleep apnoea and now sleeps like a babe. Read how Philip and others overcame their snoring and sleep apnoea and enjoy restful snore-free sleep after completing our programme....
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Balance Massage Offer for Buteyko Breathing Clients!
The team at Balance Massage can help release tension and trigger points in problem muscles helping you breathe more easily. As a special offer to Buteyko Breathing Clinic clients they are offering a one-hour massage for the price of 30 mins....
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Stop your hay fever and allergies the natural way
Spring is here and with it pollen. If you suffer from hay fever and allergies every spring, instead of trying to suppress the symptoms with antihistamines, steroid nasal sprays and eye drops, why not fix the problem permanently and naturally?...
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The Healthy Living Show 2-4 November, Viaduct Events Centre
An impressive line-up of speakers including Bob Proctor (The Secret, You Were Born Rich), Victoria Boutenko (Green for Life), Shamash Alidina (Mindfulness for Dummies), Johann Bernhardt (A deeper shade of Green), plus Frank Ferrante (star of ‘May I Be Frank'), Ryland Englehart (co-founder of raw food eatery Café Gratitude), Kat Dawes, Professor Sir Lloyd Geering and our very own Dr Libby, Dr Helen Smith, David Holden, Dr Robin Kelly and Jason Shon Bennett....
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Is Modern Medicine Killing You?
Glenn White and the Buteyko Breathing Clinic featured in three episodes of TV ONE's series....
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Salt, We Misjudged You - comment
I advise my clients to include unrefined sea salt in the diet. This sometimes gets questioned by clients whose doctors have put them on low or no-salt diets. So it was good to see this article questioning the paucity of research on the supposed link between hypertension and salt....
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'Gourmet' salt is no better for your health than table variety, study finds
Take this advice with a pince of (Himalayan) salt. This is bad science....
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Is organic food healthier than conventional?
If you have seen reports that organic is no better than conventional produce then perhaps you should read this before turning your back on the farmers markets and your own garden produce....
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Optimal Health For You and Your Family
Raising Healthy Families fundraiser series - The link between breathing and facial development. Date: Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Venue: Stella Maris School Hall...
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International Nose Breathing Week 10-15 September 2012
International Nose Breathing Week was conceived by Buteyko practitioners worldwide to raise awareness about the vital significance of correct breathing for health and longevity.
Today it is generally accepted that over-eating is a serious problem that may cause diabetes, heart disease, and many other modern diseases. However, it is remarkable that the equally serious risks associated with chronic hidden hyperventilation (over-breathing) have not yet been recognised by mainstream medicine....
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Gill South: How to breathe easy
Weekend Herald columnist Gill South is currently attending our clinic for help with her asthma and hay fever. She is also hoping to improve her breathing and fitness. Gill came for a private consultation in May and writes about it in the Weekend Herald Saturday 23rd June....
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Over-diagnosis is 'doing more harm than good'
A feature article in the May issue of the British Medical Journal; Preventing over-diagnosis: how to stop harming the healthy, claims that asthma, among a list of other complaints, may be over-diagnosed. A 2008 Canadian study found that almost 30% of people diagnosed as having asthma did not have the condition, and almost 66% of those did not need drugs or asthma care during six months of follow-up....
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Two new studies link sleep apnoea to increased cancer risk
The relationship between sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular risk is well documented. How two observational studies are suggesting a strong link with increased risk of cancer. The new research marks the first time that sleep apnoea has been linked to cancer in humans....
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Comprehensive survey on breathing retraining for sleep apnoea - results now available
Over 11,000 people with sleep apnoea had been taught the method by the Buteyko Institute practitioners who participated in the survey. Practitioners estimated that the majority of clients with sleep apnoea had been able to improve sleep and reduce symptoms following breathing retraining using the Buteyko Institute Method. The survey results have been sent to sleep researchers in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and are also available as a downloadable PDF....
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Asthma - Another option for treatment
Everyone knows someone with asthma and everyone knows about the standard treatments for asthma, but how many of us are aware that there is a simple technique that has helped many asthma sufferers in New Zealand and around the world? How many of us have heard of Buteyko?...
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Pharmac is being taken to court over asthma drug subsidy
Drug firm Astrazeneca is challenging plans by the Government's drug-buying agency Pharmac to reduce the subsidy on their combination inhaler – Symbicort to match the subsidy on competing firm GSK’s Seretide....
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New warnings on safety of asthma drugs
The US government is taking steps to curb use of some long-acting asthma drugs used by millions, issuing safety restrictions to lower a life-threatening risk that asthma could worsen suddenly....
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Breathing to boost sports performance seminars
Glenn White is presenting two seminars in November on breathing to boost sports performance at Les Mills, Victoria Street and Les Mills Britomart, Auckland CBD....
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Just Four Steps to Fitness? Shut Your Mouth!
Glenn White's article in the July 'Ponsonby News'...
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AIMA dinner presentation - Patrick McHugh & Glenn White
Fernz Restaurant, Birkenhead, Tuesday 28 June 2011. NOTE: Open to Australasian integrative medicine Association (AIMA) members and guests only. Patrick will present part of research TCTTRT has been involved in, especially Buteyko Breathing Technique & plans for Auckland-based clinical trial. Then Glenn will 'demystify' the Buteyko Breathing Technique....
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Buteyko: Helping thousands overcome asthma naturally
Do you or your child have asthma? No doubt you are familiar with the standard treatments for asthma, the puffers (relievers to open up the airways and inhaled steroids to reduce airway inflammation) but new studies are showing that many are overusing these drugs and this may be contributing to the alarming rise in asthma....
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Australian Integrative Medicine Association Inc Seminar
7-8 May at Massey University, Auckland. "Balancing Body, Mind and Heart - Pratical Solutions for Everyday Problems"
All Health Professionals welcome to learn about the future of integrative medicine. Click link below for more details on the AIMA website....
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Learn how to stop asthma attacks
Irish TV interview for World Asthma Day, 3 May 2011. Ireland's TV3 interviewed two students of AsthmaCare.ie courses along with practitioner Patrick McKeown. During the interview, Patrick demonstrates how to unblock the nose, stop an asthma attack and explains what causes asthma. You can also find out how Frank and Ellen, both attendees to Patrick's course, did....
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To stave off panic attacks don't take a deep breath
A new treatment for panic attack focuses on getting patients to breathe less and lends further validation to the role that over-breathing plays in panic attacks and stress disorders....
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As easy as drawing breath
I was gratified to read John Roughan’s article in the New Zealand Herald 9 October and learn that a tip he learned on the Buteyko course he did back in 2006 has helped control his sleep apnoea.
Unfortunately most people are unaware that snoring and sleep apnoea may be the result of a faulty breathing pattern and that learning a breathing technique like Buteyko can help resolve the problem....
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NYC Radio WBAI interview with Dr Robert Cowie
Dr Robert Cowie, from the University of Calgary, Canada and a world authority on asthma, authored one of the largest randomised controlled trials of the Buteyko technique. The trial is published in Respiratory Medicine 2008; 102:726-32....
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My job: Helping others to breathe easy
Article on Glenn White by Donna McIntyre in NZ Herald...
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A Breathing Technique Offers Help for People With Asthma
Jane E. Brody of the New York Times writes about witnessing the 'miraculous' transformation in her friend's asthma after learning the Buteyko method. To read the full article go to the New York Times website:...
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Buteyko Asthma Endorsement UK
It surprises many people to learn that, according to medical literature, no other treatment for asthma has ever achieved better results than Buteyko's Method....
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Nurses to be trained to teach Buteyko Breathing Technique to asthmatics
A new course to train nurses how to teach the Buteyko Breathing Technique to people with asthma has been launched by Coventry University and the Buteyko Breathing Association....
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FDA Panel decides asthma drugs - Serevent and Oxis - aren’t worth the risk
An FDA Panel said Thursday that the risks of death and serious injury associated with two popular brands of asthma inhalers are greater than the benefits of the drugs. However, in what is sure to be a controversial opinion, the panel said that Advair (Symbicort) should continue to be used to treat asthma....
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FDA Panel Votes to Ban Asthma Drugs
New York Times article: ROCKVILLE, Md. - A panel of federal drug experts voted on Thursday that the drugs Serevent and Foradil should be banned from use in the treatment of asthma, but the experts said that Advair and Symbicort, which together are far more popular, should continue to be used....
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