Health Matters
Generally Ulcerative colitis (UC) is considered incurable. Regular medical approaches to UC involve ongoing sometimes extensive medical or surgical intervention with antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, and/or immunosuppressive drugs. These interventions are supportive rather than curative and can themselves have side effects. Ohkusa et al, (2005) first showed that treatment with antibiotics can improve UC symptoms, as well […]
Charity Aids Palliative Care Patients Through VR
Jordan Springs’ charity, Our Community Cares, have donated VR headsets to Nepean Hospital to aid Palliative Care patients. They have donated five headsets, cases, and straps whilst Mike Vasavada from Mobiddiction has uploaded many experiences. These will be supported as an ongoing donation by Mike and the Mobiddiction team, and as he continually uploads more […]
Parents Corner
Do you know the difference between bullying and fighting? Researchers have found that many parents struggle to know when it’s bullying or just everyday quarrels between friends, classmates, or siblings. This article will help you learn more. Children learn important social and emotional skills when they navigate differences with others. Depending on a child’s level […]
Paws A While
With Mother’s Day coming up, many of us will be heading to the florist to buy our mum’s a colourful bouquet of flowers. Unfortunately, we often return home with flowers that may be toxic for our pets. Although many flowers and plants are mild-to-moderate in terms of toxicity and can cause “mild” symptoms like a […]
Health Matters
The gastrointestinal tract is a complex ecological environment. Every person has about 100 trillion bacteria, made up of 40,000 different species, living in their large intestine. This represents 10 times the total number of human body cells. 70% of these bacteria have never been cultured, and together they make up 50% of faecal volume. We […]
Youngcare Soon to Open Doors to First Specialist Disability Housing in Jordan Springs
Youngcare – a national not-for-profit that is revolutionising the way young people with high physical support needs live, will complete construction on its two new three-bedroom Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) homes at Jordan Springs soon. The Jordan Springs homes, which six young people with high physical support needs will call home, are Youngcare’s first SDA […]
Parents Corner
Many parenting articles talk about dealing with difficult behaviour and yet, the ways we respond to children’s positive behaviour is just as important. Due to an inbuilt negativity bias, we pay more attention to the bad than the good. The human species has survived for over 200,000 years in part because of our capacity to […]
Paws A While
Easter is a fun time of year filled with spending time with family and pets, a relaxing long weekend, the annual Easter egg hunt and of course chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! But for our pets, there are lots of hazards around which could turn a relaxing weekend into an emergency trip to the vet. […]
Health Matters
Scientists can induce an ulcerative colitis (UC) like condition in rats and pigs by intrarectal administration of acetic acid. The acid damages the colonic epithelial (lining) cells. Damaged cells release inflammatory chemicals in order to inform/warn surrounding tissue cells and bring immune cells into the area to investigate and deal with the cause/s of cell […]
Coalition Doubles Down on Investment in Jordan Springs Students
A re-elected NSW Liberal and Nationals Government will deliver a new high school in Jordan Springs to support the growing local community, with work on the project to commence in the next term of government. Premier Dominic Perrottet and Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell were on site recently at Jordan Springs Public […]