Lifestyle
Health & wellness
Latest
Medicine
Platypus milk's 'Shirley Temple' protein might be a superbug solution
Scientists have pin-pointed a curly protein in the native animal's milk which they believe could be used to kill off antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- by Rachel Gray
Health
When we lose weight, where does it go?
Contrary to popular belief, it is not converted to energy.
- by Ruben Meerman & Andrew Brown
Fitness
Online fitness: when sitting on Facebook is going to the gym
When Lauren Verona spontaneously decided to livestream one of her classes to test Facebook's 'live' video function, she did not know what to expect.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Daily Life
Don't tell me to love my body
As anyone who has tried, against the judgment of their brain chemistry, to "think positive" will tell you, maintaining positivity is hard.
- by Clem Bastow
Diet
You are probably eating too much salt
Australians consume roughly double their recommended salt intake each day, and intake is trickier to track than you might think.
- by Mary Ward
Sex & relationships
These med students wrote a sex ed book for adults
Women have "similar, and often very basic" questions about topics like menstruation, sex and pregnancy.
- by Mary Ward
Health
How an outback nurse diagnosed his own heart attack and saved his life
Alone at his station, more 160 kilometres from a hospital the 44-year-old experienced a sudden bout of dizziness and severe chest pain.
- by Melissa Healy
Daily Life
How ballet classes can strengthen your mind
Forget about that ballerina body. Laura McGeoch learns that classical ballet can also stretch the mind.
- by Laura McGeoch
Daily Life
My day on a plate: Brooke Stratton
Olympic long jumper, Brooke Stratton, 24 shares her day on a plate.
Health
Patients need all the help they can get to avoid costly errors
For anyone who has had to enter a hospital, it can be daunting and bewildering experience. The stakes are high.