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Sleeping on your side can cut stillbirth risk

Sleeping on your side can cut stillbirth risk

Women can rest easier knowing there are simple changes they can make to further reduce the risks.

  • by Sarah Berry

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Party drug being used legally to help people sleep

A sedative linked to a controversial party drug is being tested to improve the quality of life for people with a severe sleep disorder.

Clicks and flicks: the anti-vaccine movement has set up shop online
Anti-vaxxer movement

Clicks and flicks: the anti-vaccine movement has set up shop online

Facebook has agreed to ban adverts with anti-vaccination content while Instagram says it will also introduce controls. Yet the misinformation bubbles away.

  • by Joe Shute
My day on a plate: Sophie Salvesani
Wellbeing

My day on a plate: Sophie Salvesani

Opera singer, Sophie Salvesani shares her day on a plate.

  • by Nicole Economos
Do essential oils have any healing benefits, or are they just a fad?
Wellbeing

Do essential oils have any healing benefits, or are they just a fad?

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are buying and using these botanic compounds in a bid to improve health and wellbeing. But do they actually work?

  • by Felicity Davey
Is anxiety on the rise, or are we just better at talking about it?
Good Weekend

Is anxiety on the rise, or are we just better at talking about it?

Anxiety is the mental health problem of our age – but to what extent has it always been around, and how much is 21st-century life driving this condition?

  • by Miriam Cosic
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Foreign Correspondence: the benefits of going on holidays to better ourselves
Good Weekend

Foreign Correspondence: the benefits of going on holidays to better ourselves

Who knew that a week devoted to improving oneself could be such a pleasurable experience?

  • by Amelia Lester
The St Eddie's student who became Margot Robbie's personal trainer
Fitness

The St Eddie's student who became Margot Robbie's personal trainer

Margot says he's a "legend". Claudia Schiffer says he made her love exercising. Even Samuel L Jackson says he "put him back together".

  • by Serena Coady
We need to recognise that gender stereotypes also affect men
Opinion
Mental health

We need to recognise that gender stereotypes also affect men

The American Psychological Association (APA) recently released guidelines for psychologists when working with boys and men, which were met with backlash.

  • by Michelle Stratemeyer, Adriana Vargas Saenz and Elise Holland
Which cooking oil is healthiest? If you're confused you're not alone
Nutrition

Which cooking oil is healthiest? If you're confused you're not alone

There is pretty compelling evidence that when you replace saturated fats with unsaturated fats you lower cardiovascular disease risk.

  • by Sarah Berry
'My husband thinks he's got a new wife'
Health

'My husband thinks he's got a new wife'

How to lose 23.5 kilograms in four months.

  • by Steve Evans