Nicky Pellegrino
Journalist at Freelance
Novelist, journalist, horse rider, dog walker, vege gardener...new book PS Come To Italy
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2 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Nicky Pellegrino
Photo / Getty ImagesPrivate clinics that aim to help us before chronic diseases set in are emerging – for those who can afford them. Working as a GP can sometimes feel like fighting a losing battle, says Christchurch doctor Olivia Currie. Seeing younger patients who are prediabetic or have high blood pressure, and knowing their health is likely to worsen, making them more reliant on medication, can leave GPs wondering what else they could possibly do.
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2 weeks ago |
nowtolove.co.nz | Nicky Pellegrino
Music has been a part of singer-songwriter Reb Fountain’s life ever since she was a small child, living in San Francisco in a house filled with musical instruments and people who loved to play them. Aged six, she emigrated with her family to Christchurch and it became even more important. “We connected with other migrant families through music,” explains Reb, who now lives in Auckland. “My dad made a songbook, and we’d sit around and play music.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Nicky Pellegrino
The researchers behind the successful Maintain Your Brain trial hope it leads to a national prevention programme similar to the Slip, Slop, Slap approach. Photo / Getty ImagesMaintaining our brains in later life is something we tend to start worrying about as we hit middle age. Now, a landmark clinical trial has provided some helpful clues about what we should be doing to prevent or delay cognitive decline.
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1 month ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Nicky Pellegrino
When car enthusiast and world-renowned medical scientist Julian Paton bought the oldest Land Rover in New Zealand, he sensed an opportunity. He decided to drive the vehicle, made in 1948, way from Dunedin to Auckland and use the journey to raise funds for a life-saving innovation.
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1 month ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Nicky Pellegrino
Endocrinologist Rinki Murphy: Discovering the role of fat cells. Photo / William CheaThirty years ago, we understood very little about body fat. It was assumed its sole purpose was to store excess energy then supply it when food was scarce, plus give us a bit of padding. Frankly, scientists thought fat was pretty boring. That view has now been transformed.
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