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Skye Scott
Skye Scott is a GP based in Sandton. She has a special interest in patient education, integrative medicine and mental wellbeing
How nutrition, mental health and food choices fuel South Africa’s obesity crisis
We need to use our bodies as they were intended and eat the food for which they were designed
Workplace challenges and hormone therapy options for navigating menopause
Hormone replacement therapy got a bad rap but, with good medical advice, it can have benefits beyond dealing with menopause’s unpleasant symptoms
We need to talk about alcohol
How much and how we use this toxin, which is so much part of our culture, needs a rethink
New responses to diseases – and each other
Antagonism and tension are inherent in our being but we can change the conversation
Lose yourself in dance and music to heal
People often rely on antidepressant medicine alone, when the power of collective song and dance is a neglected channel for increased endorphins, dopamine and lowered cortisol
The Other: How our brains create prejudice
We seek the familiar so it is too easy to find what is different about us, rather than what is the same
Your pain is a voice
Our global society is more prosperous than it has ever been. So why is there so much dissatisfaction?
Disentangle ourselves from our trauma
‘We can deny our experience but our body remembers,’ Jeanne McElvaney wrote in her book, ‘Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story’
Sextech and the mating habits of humans
The sextech industry is changing our pleasure seeking behaviours, so what does this mean for us as a species?
End the war on the wrong drugs
Emerging fields of research are sprouting new understandings of how we might use natural substances
Money and mitochondria: Capitalism messes with our mental health
We must turn to nature for guidance through the world’s mental health crisis and the little bobtail squid provides a good example
Sugar addiction an advertising and healthcare crisis
There aren’t billboards for cocaine, heroine and nyaope, which might be less addictive than sugar
Health with heart: Reflections on the intelligence of biomimicry
Nature is as full of terror as it is of wonder. Mirroring that, we are powerful beyond measure in our capacity for generosity and connection