The Health Hub

A new study finds poor sleep is tied to rising cancer risk for those under 50, with irregular sleeping patterns and insomnia being three times more likely to get cancer within five years.
But sleeping can be hard to do, especially if you're younger and faced with the stresses of today, or the distractions on your phone.
You could also do shift-work at irregular hours to make your living, in that case, you delay sleep for later or force yourself to run on empty.
So what can be done about improving our sleep quality, and what are we doing wrong - and more to the point, how do you recognise chronic sleep deprivation?
Sleep Expert and Director of Sleep Well Clinics, Dr Alex Bartle talks to Tim Beveridge.
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Nowadays our phones have the ability to track our exercise and sleep habits, and if it's not our phones, it's our smartwatches.
These tools can monitor our heart-rate, count our steps, say how many calories we've burned, and tracks how far we've walked, biked, or run.
There's all these metrics and stats that your smartwatches can provide you - but how crucial are these devices? What info can they bring us that's practical in getting us to our fitness goals?
With Tim Beveridge to talk about it: one of New Zealand's most celebrated high-performance coaches, one who trained Dame Lisa Carrington, three time Coast-to-Coast winner, and six-time Halberg Coach of the Year Winner - Gordon Walker.
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The weather is getting colder and the nights are getting longer, that means only one thing... soup season!
Soup is a great meal to get in lots of nutrition with less cost and less effort.
Chef Allyson Gofton joined Tim Beveridge for Health Hub to chat all things soup.
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Hearing loss is one of those things that sneak up on you.
In most cases, it's not something you notice as a sudden change - but you may catch yourself lip reading a little bit more often, or turning up the volume on the TV gradually over a few weeks or months.
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The weather is cooling down and winter is almost upon us...
That means winter sports will be starting up soon if they haven't already, and your muscles will be tighter and more vulnerable to injury than in the warmer months.
What injuries are more likely when it's colder out, and how can we avoid them?
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