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Why can't I sleep even though I'm tired?
If you are exhausted but still cannot sleep, the problem is rarely your bedtime routine. Chronic insomnia is usually kept going by two things sleep hygiene never touches: a nervous system that has learned to stay alert in bed, and the sleep systems that are built during your day, not at night. That is also where the fix lives.
Dr Ula Heywood
7 min read


Peptides in New Zealand: access, the law, and what the evidence actually shows.
A clinical look at the peptides everyone's talking about — where things stand now, as heard on the Dom Harvey Podcast.
Dr Ula Heywood
5 min read


Your car gets a service. Your heart gets a WOF.
Why the check that confirms nothing has failed is not the same as the one that finds what’s wearing out too quickly.
Dr Ula Heywood
4 min read


Dr Ula & Rebecca Goldwater: Exercise: a powerful tool to reduce cancer risk.
Dr Ula Heywood and fitness practitioner Rebecca Goldwater look at the emerging evidence linking exercise with cancer risk, and the biology working underneath it.
Dr Ula Heywood
5 min read


Dr Ula: You don't have to white-knuckle perimenopause. Investigate it.
You've been told it's stress, or age, or that you're doing too much, or not enough. None of it has quite explained what you're actually experiencing.
Dr Ula Heywood
5 min read


Dr Ula: Normal doesn’t mean at capacity. Here’s the difference.
You’ve had the bloods done. You hear the words you were hoping to hear — everything looks normal. And on the way home you tried to feel reassured, because that’s what the result is supposed to do.
Dr Ula Heywood
3 min read


Dr Ula: What your supplements are actually doing and how you would know
Most people take a supplement because someone told them they should. Fewer can tell you what it's doing.
Dr Ula Heywood
5 min read


Dr Ula: Why I prescribe recovery, and why your body can’t heal in the same mode that’s hurting it
Dr Ula: Why I prescribe recovery
Dr Ula Heywood
4 min read


Dr Ula: Sauna, the cardiovascular session that doesn’t require exercise
Sauna: The cardiovascular session that doesn’t require exercise
Dr Ula Heywood
4 min read


Dr Ula: The hidden role of chronic inflammation
The Fire You Can’t Feel: Why Chronic Inflammation Is the Signal Most People Never Get Tested For
Dr Ula Heywood
3 min read


Dr Ula: Family history of heart disease or dementia? What to do now
Your DNA is not your destiny. It’s your instruction manual.
Dr Ula Heywood
5 min read


Dr Ula: Peptides in New Zealand: What they are, what’s available, and what works
What peptides are, which are available in New Zealand, and what the evidence actually shows.
Dr Ula Heywood
3 min read


Dr Ula: Cortisol: The stress hormone that quietly disrupts energy, weight, and sleep
Cortisol: The stress hormone that quietly disrupts energy, weight, and sleep
Dr Ula Heywood
4 min read


Dr Ula: The 4-Week trial that changes the conversation on alcohol
The 4-Week trial that changes the conversation on alcohol
Dr Ula Heywood
2 min read


Dr Ula: Alcohol - The Hidden Power of Subtraction
Why recovery feels harder after the holidays.
Dr Ula Heywood
4 min read


Dr Ula: Healthspan - Why Living Longer Isn’t Enough
Why living longer isn’t enough.
Dr Ula Heywood
3 min read


Dr Ula: WHO says GLP-1s are most effective when used with a structured program.
These medications support weight loss, but they aren’t the whole answer.
Dr Ula Heywood
2 min read


Dr Ula: Retesting - The most underused tool in health
Retesting, why and how often.
Dr Ula Heywood
3 min read


Dr Ula: Whole Body MRI Wellness Screening is here
Whole Body MRI Wellness Screening
Dr Ula Heywood
2 min read


Dr Ula: Menopause: Stop suffering in silence.
Menopause: Stop suffering in silence.
Dr Ula Heywood
3 min read
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