Posts by Team VIVA!

A nasty ‘pink’ turf war has erupted in the battle for the charity dollar this month – Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Use of the words “think pink” and “together we can make a difference” have raised the ire of the McGrath Foundation and the Think Pink Foundation following the Sunday Telegraph magazine’s breast cancer auction last…

“I appear at times merry and in good heart, talk, too, before others quite reasonably, and it looks as if I felt, too, God knows how well within my skin. Yet the soul maintains its deathly sleep and the heart bleeds from a thousand wounds.” – Hugo Wolf, American composer Let’s be honest, we all…

Antibiotic – a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections –        Merriam Webster Dictionary It’s official. Humanity is racing towards a post-antibiotic era, a time when life-saving medications will no longer successfully treat common bacterial infections. The development of antibiotics was one of the great breakthroughs in modern medicine. Antibiotics…

For the majority of our lives, we spend most of our lives at work. Creating healthy habits at work is key to a healthy lifestyle. Cementing healthy working habits take approximately 21 days. Instigating the following small healthy habits are easy ways to improve your quality of life in both the short and long-term. Drink…

A 31-year-old American testicular cancer survivor is on a mission to stamp out the devastating disease through early detection and diagnosis. Diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer in 2009, Thomas Cantley has been in remission from testicular cancer for the past four years due to early detection, and is, right-now rolling a six-foot inflatable testicle…