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Aussies who have turned 31 are on a short timeframe to get private health insurance hospital cover in place by 1st July – or be slugged with a 2 per cent lifetime health cover loading. The loading increases by a further 2 per cent for every additional year of your ...

You can expect to see stars on your food packaging from now, as the healthy food star rating system just got a new wave of support from government and major industry players. Today, state and federal ministers voted to reinstate the healthy food star rating system website (it was pulled ...

We talk about immunity as if it’s an army inside our body that’s ready to do battle with any infection that dares to cross its path. We try to eat the right foods to boost its numbers and are more prone to invasion when its numbers are low. While that’s ...

The concept sounds too good to be true: Enjoy better health just by walking barefoot on the earth. It may seem a bit hippy-dippy, but research links this practice, known as “earthing”, to everything from reduced levels of inflammation and pain to improved sleep. Perhaps it’s a little odd to ...

Binge eating disorder (BED) is unlike most food-related illnesses in that it affects equal numbers of men and women. Regardless of their gender, sufferers experience the same feelings of not being able to control their eating. People with BED typically consume a large amount in a short time and feel ...

One company’s food waste could be transformed into another’s treasure – or even a product that improves our health and wellbeing. This is the premise of research at the University of Sydney that’s investigating how discarded food can be rich in nutrients. Professor Fariba Dehghani, of the university’s school of ...

Scientists have discovered a tell-tale sign of heart and lung disease – the inability to show surprise in our face. US research published in Emergency Medicine Journal tested the facial expressions of 50 hospital patients who were in the process of being diagnosed and treated. Patients were scored on how ...

The number of Australians diagnosed with diabetes has doubled since 1990, with more than a million people now living with the disease, and obesity is likely to be the cause of this, according to a report by private health insurer Medibank. In the report, it was revealed two thirds of ...

Walk into your bedroom in a decade or two and you’ll be entering the ultimate tech zone. Tucked away in your pyjamas, sheets, mattress, lamp, curtains and walls will be technology that’s working constantly to ensure you get the best possible night’s sleep. That’s the theory of Australian futurist Morris ...

Bowel cancer rates have doubled in young Australians 20-29 years and are up by 35 per cent in 30-39 year olds over the past 20 years according to research published in the Journal of Gastroenterology. While bowel cancer rates are stabilising or dropping in over 50s, research has found a ...