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The desks weren’t ready and there weren’t any books, but the school was a dream come true for Joanne Ball Burgess. She and her husband Quincy Burgess struggled to find the perfect way to educate their two sons when the family moved to Nairobi, Kenya ...

Six months ago Kerry’s life seemed to be falling into place. She had a steady job, a supportive family and was making ends meet. She was also proud that her three-year-old son had something she never had — a loving father. Then her world came cras...

Tara Kessaram decided enough was enough. The 33-year-old doctor was tired of losing patients to preventable diseases. She left clinical practice to study public health in 2011 and in April, moved to the Solomon Islands to reduce the impact of cigaret...

With all the holiday parties and festive gatherings, December can be a tough month to stick to your exercise and weight-loss goals. But you don’t have to wait until January 1 to get serious about your health. That’s the word from a handful of fitnes...

Type 2 Diabetes once known as “the old people’s disease”, is now affecting people at a much younger age. The 40-60 age groups, our working population, have the fastest rising number of diabetes diagnoses. This means that if blood glucose levels are n...

Vanessa Henderson’s work-life balance was off. She was overweight and, because she was burnt out from long hours on the job, unable to enjoy all the great things that had lured her to the Big Apple. Two years ago she made a conscious decision to swi...

Recently I was asked to speak at my old high school’s career day on the fitness industry. To overcome my fear of teenagers, I accepted. In between snickering teenaged boys and wide-eyed stares when I told them I work out for fun, I was asked somethin...

Genelle John’s first attempts at soap making were disasters. The soap kept getting stuck in the Pyrex bowl. She went through a couple of bowls before she realised she had to use something more flexible like silicon. “That was a few years ago when I ...

Doctors urged Sonya Smith to pull the plug after her son, Tony Grant, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; Arissa Wilson didn’t speak in full sentences before she was five. Both benefited from the range of therapeutic programmes in place a...

If you love Four Star’s pizza, you might recognise Hannah Jones. The restaurant’s owners put her face on the menu after she created a range of pies for health-conscious customers. It’s the type of inroad that the 33-year-old registered dietitian cele...