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How to have a successful scroll-free September

How to have a successful scroll-free September

It offers you the opportunity to review and reflect on your relationship with your smartphone - a chance to reset your priorities and regain control of how you spend your time.

  • by Linda Blair

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Is food the key to a calm mind?
Analysis
Gut health

Is food the key to a calm mind?

Open a bottle of kombucha and grab a punnet of blueberries, anxious comrades.

  • by Michelle Andrews
A life without alcohol? Excuse me while I yawn
Opinion

A life without alcohol? Excuse me while I yawn

Hello, abstemiousness my old friend, we've been expecting you.

  • by Debora Robertson
Ten habits of people who lose weight and keep it off
Analysis
Body positivity

Ten habits of people who lose weight and keep it off

Most people who diet will regain 50 per cent of the lost weight in the first year after losing it.

  • by Gina Cleo
Probiotic drink might just prevent hangovers
USA

Probiotic drink might just prevent hangovers

Silicon Valley scientist Zack Abbott says he has modified bacteria found in the Japanese superfood natto to engineer the new strain of probiotics.

  • by Felicity Davey
My day on a plate: Jessica Sepel
Wellbeing

My day on a plate: Jessica Sepel

Clinical nutritionist Jessica Sepel, 29, shares her day on a plate.

  • by Compiled by Nicole Economos
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How a free pass to a climbing gym changed Monique's life
Fitness

How a free pass to a climbing gym changed Monique's life

With Women’s Health Week starting on Monday, elite rock climber Monique Forestier wants to encourage all women to get active and try something new.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Could revisiting your best school subject help to calm a busy mind?
Wellbeing

Could revisiting your best school subject help to calm a busy mind?

It is something of a trend in the wellness industry to encourage people to connect with their childhood selves and a simpler time in their lives.

  • by Mary Ward
September shines golden spotlight on childhood cancer
Cancer

September shines golden spotlight on childhood cancer

A lot can happen in a year: more than 950 children aged under 18 will be diagnosed with cancer and some, like six-year-old Evie Weir will die of it.

  • by Helen Pitt
Is it possible to catch up on sleep?
Sleep

Is it possible to catch up on sleep?

Just how much of your sleep debt can you wipe over the weekend?

  • by Alexandra Hansen
How long are you contagious with gastro?
Analysis
Gut health

How long are you contagious with gastro?

It's actually longer than you think.

  • by Vincent Ho