The Health Hub
Live well and live long with Newstalk ZB ‘s Health Hub. Tapping into New Zealand’s leading practitioners, the Health Hub explores all you need to know about food, sleep, health, fitness and mental wellbeing. Live life to the full and add good vibes to your day with the Health Hub.
Episodes
Sarcoma is deadliest cancer among children and young people, accounting for nearly one third of deaths among the 15-24 age group.
Despite this, research funding remains low compared to more common cancers, and feeds back into low survival rates.
It's also reportedly misdiagnosed a third of the time, highlighting the urgent need for better early detection.
What do we do if we feel like our doctors misdiagnosed us? What signs s...
New research shows the "Atlantic diet" could be the secret to a longer and healthier life.
There's also the mediterranean diet, and tuna-broccoli-chicken-rice meals.
But sticking to these can be so boring on our palettes, and when you're busy with work and life - it's basically impossible to maintain!
So what foods are best for us, and how can we stay with the programme?
Andrew Dickens is joined by Wellbeing expert and Nutrit...
Reports say we need 2.5 hours of exercise a week, and 10-thousand steps a day.
How can we find the time and motivation to stay fit? Is there a method to sticking to a workout-plan despite a busy schedule?
Tim Beveridge is joined with Health and Mental Well-being Expert Kent Johns...
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Bladder issues can impact people at any age, with a third of women over 35 affected by bladder leaks.
Wrapping up World Continence Week, how can we help remove the stigma around incontinence?
Tim Beveridge is joined with Pelvic Health Expert Caitlin Fris...
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We all know how harmful alcohol can be - especially in large amounts - but where are people drinking the most?
There were more calls this week to raise the price of alcohol in off-license businesses, as it's thought that people tend to lose control at home more than in a licensed business.
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Tim Beveridge is joined by Dr Libby Weaver to discuss nutrients and stress levels.
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Pushing yourself to your limit is kind of the whole point of exercise - running just a little longer when you're exhausted, doing that extra rep until you can't lift anymore.
But sometimes we miss warning signs, and push ourselves too hard - leading to an injury that even once fully recovered, most won't get back into the gym.
So how hard is too hard to push yourself?
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A range of governments have flip flopped on mental health funding for years.
No matter how much is put into the sector, it always seems to end up in the wrong place - or not spent at all.
So where should the money be going?
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The older we get, the more important it is to maintain health, but what movements are the true needle-movers for a longer, healthier life?
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We've all heard the rumours that supplements and vitamins are just expensive waste that goes straight through you, but there are some that doctors recommend.
So which are useless and which can actually improve your health?
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We know how serious heart health is - but what can we actually do to help it?
At what point should we start to be worries about how our weight is impacting our hearts - and how much does that really matter when heart issues don't discriminate?
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Neuroscientist Dr Mark Williams partnered with Amazon Kindle and found that kiwis are checking for notifications up to 50 times an hour - a major contributor to 86% of us feeling stressed by bedtime.
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He was the Director-General of Health leading the country through the hardest health challenges New Zealand has faced in modern history.
Today, he's a Professor at the University of Auckland's School of Population Health.
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Menopause is one of the most natural things a woman can go through, so why is it so taboo to speak about?
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Training methods, core strength, and footwear.
Biomechanist Greg Pain joins to discuss how the way people move impacts their results.
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Dr John Cameron joins The Weekend Collective to discuss more effective pain management methods.
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Have you done your 10,000 steps today?
Personal trainer Alex Flint joins to discuss whether 10,000 steps is a fad marketing scheme or truly beneficial to your health.
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Kate Hall from Ethically Kate joins to discuss living an ethical and sustainable life.
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Now more than ever, people are putting a heap of energy into tracking the length and quality of their sleep each night.
What percentage quality? How many hours? How long spent in each phase of sleep?
It can be interesting to read the data, but is it really beneficial or does it create too much pressure on sleeping patterns?
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This week on the Health Hub, expert Greg Pain unpacked the best and worst exercise trends for 2025 - and revealed the top exercises you should be doing.
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