Last updated: September 02, 2010

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Breastfeeding battleground

Breastfeeding

MOTHER'S milk or formula? The debate over how best to feed our infants is dividing women at a time when they most need support.

Seven hours' sleep is best

sleep

A NEW US study claims that seven hours of shut-eye is best for most adults.

Celeb health - Catherine McNeil

Catherine McNeil

IF you think Australian model Catherine McNeil undergoes gruelling four-hour cardio sessions and extreme diets, you’re wrong.

Is your social circle making you fat?

Diet

IT might sound crazy, but all your close relationships can influence your weight.

Outgoing people are more creative

mardi gras

PEOPLE who are given to an extroverted, positive frame of mind are naturally more creative, reports a new UK study.

The romance roundabout

Jude Law

ON-again, off-again relationships come with a heavy emotional toll, but there is a way to break the destructive cycle.

Is your home a health hazard?

HOUSEHOLDS

THAT mould in your bathroom or the cleaning products you use could potentially cause disease. Here’s how to stay safe.

Acupuncture: the new painkiller

Childbirth pain

AUSTRALIAN hospitals are finally catching up with what the Chinese have long known –acupuncture is a great alternative form of pain relief.

Why you should live like a bloke

Women like men

ADOPTING a few of your man’s lifestyle philosophies could actually make you happier, healthier and even thinner.

Stand up for living longer

Walking

SITTING for long periods shortens life. The more sedentary we are the shorter our life spans will be.

FITNESS

The muffin top is dead

Muffin top

A NEW range of jeans promises to fit 80 per cent of women and kill the muffin top. We take the test.

Too posh to nosh, Carnell finds

Kate Carnell

YOU won't find many fat people in Mosman but there are lots in Macquarie Fields, a member of the Federal Govt's Preventative Health Taskforce says.

Actress named girls' role model

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS

A TV actress has been named by a government as a physical "role model" for girls and young women.

Pregnancy vitamins not about baby

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WOMEN taking vitamins in their pregnancy says less about the baby and more about company profits.

RELATIONSHIPS

Gastric band TV star to wed toy boy

Tina Malone

A TV star who has lost 44.5kg after two gastric band operations is to marry a man, 19 years younger.

Beauty's eye well below the breasts

Alessandra Ambrosio

HOW do men decide if a woman is really attractive? New research finds a rather surprising answer.

Dogs are better listeners than men

Beagle dog

WOMEN say dogs are better listeners than their partners, as men say pooches show more love.

Hollywood's hottest new romance

Rosie Huntington-Whitely

IT'S becoming Hollywood's hottest romance and it's about to get hotter - they're to live together .

Women can orgasm with their mind

When Harry met Sally

SCIENTISTS uncover the real secrets to an explosive sex life - and for women, it's all in the mind.

Samantha Ronson and more...

Samantha Ronson

Samantha Ronson's bulldog is involved in a killer attack plus Lady Gaga freaks out about developing cancer from mobile phones...

Week's hottest celebrity photos..

Snoop Dogg and Spike Lee

Snoop Dog trades in the crip walk for the moonwalk to join Spike Lee in celebrating MJ's 52nd birthday in Brooklyn...