Well Revolution has produced an early emergency release of its online doctor and pharmacy app in response to the impact of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Android and Apple iOS apps are now available for download. This emergency release includes the ability for doctors to create prescriptions remotely, and for you to choose your nearest pharmacy for pickup or home delivery.
Following on from our post on the importance of sleep, here's our top 10 tips to help with better sleep, falling asleep and staying fast asleep.
Sleep. We all need to sleep to survive. It is just as important as eating healthy and exercising. Your health depends on how much sleep you get.
Everybody's different, but in general, most adults need 7-9 hours of sleep every night. You can go longer without food than you can without sleep. Sleep is truly an essential part of living.
Get enough sleep, and you’ll see your health improve dramatically.
Read on for 10 reasons why sleep is important.
In this post, we explain the difference between a common cold and the more serious (and potentially deadly) Influenza, or “the flu”.
The flu kills about 500,000 people around the world each year. In New Zealand, more people die from the flu than from car accidents.
Read more for symptoms and what to do about a cold or flu.
We're often asked about how accurate our STD test kits are for detecting sexually transmitted infections like Syphilis, HIV, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia.
Here we explain how accurate our tests are and what all the jargon means.
Here's the shortcut: Specificity = true negative, and Sensitivity = true positive.
By @DoctorSash
As a doctor in New Zealand, UTI's is something I see all the time. If you get UTIs often or even if you just get them from time-to-time, you've got to get one of these test kits. Three urine tests at home, online consultation, and we deliver the treatment to your door.
During a recent Live Q&A session, I was asked: "What are the things that you can do to prepare your body for pregnancy?" It's a great question! We discussed general health, supplements, contraception, cycles, finances, relationships, environment, seeing your GP and where to go for advice.