Life & Love

A cosy night in front of The X Factor might seem like the harmless option, but it could be taking years off your life. Every hour you spend watching television over the age of 25 reduces your life expectancy by 22 minutes, according to a new study by Australian researchers. ...

Many believe the blood type you were born with influences your personality and romantic fate . Forget the stars, palmistry, crystal gazing, tarot cards or even tea leaves. It seems your characteristics, career, health, marriage, fate and luck are all actually flowing through your veins. Whether you are friendly, aloof, ...

My memory and concentration have gone downhill. Is there anything I can do to combat this? There are several things you can try to boost your memory and concentration. Empty your mind: Although it’s tempting to keep thinking of all the things you have to do, it is more helpful to ...

If possible, avoid having any sort of cardiovascular event at night on a Friday in January and instead hold out until the Monday. Large-scale research has found that the outcomes of a Friday admission may not be as positive as one would hope. The Portuguese 14-year study into more than ...

Bubbles, as we all know, work a treat in champagne, baths and chewing gum, and now they’re being used to potentially save lives worldwide via fascinating and revolutionary medical research. Minute bubbles – smaller in width than a human hair – are being tested in laboratories across the globe to ...

Increases in private health insurance premiums may well be an annual event but that doesn’t mean you need to just accept the price hike as a fait accompli. The strong advice from the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman, Samantha Gavel, is that consumers do their research to make sure they’re spending ...

You let your work speak for itself and pay attention to your appearance, but are you missing something? Is your desk conveying personality traits, both good and bad, that you didn’t think about? “While we can’t tell someone’s exact character from how they stack their pens, it gives us a ...

1. Do a Facebook fast Remember Karen from your under-14 netball team? Karen who loves “sleeping in on Sundays”. If your Facebook feed is populated by people who you’re never likely to see again or who feel the need to share their every action, thought, emotion and Farmville acquisition, the ...

Twenty years from now, there will be almost 10 million more people living in Australia. We’ll all be living longer, working longer, and there will be more multi-generational households than ever before. The teenagers of today, who have never known a world without mobile technology, will be the dominant consumers. ...

In Australia’s biggest cities there should be little need to own your own car – you can share with neighbours on your street, pick one up by the hour, or ride-share to work. If you need a lawnmower or drill, just head down to OpenShed. Plus, there are all sorts ...