Health & Wellbeing
The stomach for alien yoga
PETA BEE Can you get a six-pack via some vacuuming? Inside the social media obsession that is stomach vacuuming.
Exercise may be doing you harm
Peta Bee Daily workouts, long bike rides may be damaging your health, new research shows.
Superbugs fight has just begun
SEAN PARNELL Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten our health, the health system and potentially the whole wide world (seriously).
Altered egos
Ruth Ostrow Dissociative identity disorder is a relatively new term that may explain some people’s rapid mood swings.
Don’t knock the daydreamers
OLIVER MOODY Scientists have found evidence that our daydreaming habits are one of the most useful of our mental abilities.
exclusiveObesity balloon bypasses surgery
Sarah-Jane Tasker An innovative balloon device swallowed by the patient is set to revolutionise the treatment of obesity.
The $460m cult of Shaun T
Peta Bee His brutal workout style has been called Zumba on steroids. The king of the ‘suicide jump’ is laughing all the way to the bank.
Into the black
Phillip Adams When the world, and your identity, slips away little by little, you hardly know it’s happening.
The hemp state
MATTHEW DENHOLM The many applications this plant can be put to is helping to break down the barriers to its commercial cultivation.
Sting taken out of some cancers
SEAN PARNELL One day there will be very real cancer cures to change the way we view this family of fatal diseases.
Best exercise to cut cancer risk
A group in major new study had a 31 per cent lower risk of cancer-related deaths and a 23 per cent lower risk of premature death.
Are you addicted to coffee?
Heidi Mitchell With caffeine use disorder now listed as a mental condition, one expert spills the beans how can you kick the habit.
Respect: What it means to me
Ruth Ostrow Love alone is not the basis of a complete relationship; it is as important that each partner truly esteems the other.
Baby, you’ve got it pretty good
SEAN PARNELL What will babies of today grow up to think of our world? How will their world be different to the one we grew up in?
Health experts lash e-cigs ban
Adam Creighton Australian health experts and doctors have attacked the government’s opposition to permitting the sale of e-cigarettes.
ScienceThe nature of animal appeal
CAROL MIDGLEY A book argues that keeping pets had an evolutionary advantage.
HealthPausing menopain
THERESA MILLER The latest evidence confirms the benefits of menopausal hormone therapy far outweigh the risks.
How to tell if a woman is lying
Oliver Moody Men may give it away in their body language, but for women, it’s all about the words they use in text messages, scientists say.
‘People say it can’t be done’
Guy Kelly Critics of 23-year-old Boyan Slat’s plan to clean the world’s oceans have been relentless. But they may be about to eat their words.
Home TruthsSickening sounds, odd sensations
RUTH OSTROW Noise levels are increasing everywhere, especially in our booming cities, and it could have an impact on our health.
