Health / Wellness

US researchers have developed a new screening strategy for ovarian cancer that can potentially detect the disease before it becomes fatal. There is currently no reliable early detection test or screening program for ovarian cancer so this breakthrough has the potential to save thousands of lives. Using results from an ongoing clinical ...

How often do you take holidays? Not often enough it seems. A 2012 Roy Morgan study found that Aussies have 128 days of annual leave accrued – that equates to 350 000 years of holidays! It also found that 1 in 4 of full time employees are leave stockpilers. So ...

Survival rates for breast cancer sufferers have never been better and scientists are optimistic of continuing medical breakthroughs in regard to treatment and understanding. But the rates of diagnosis continue to rise and the unavoidable truth is there’s still no cure. Each day, about 40 women are diagnosed with breast ...

While there’s no evidence stress causes breast cancer, new research suggests it can play a major role in the spread of tumours to other parts of the body. While it sounds slightly new-age, there’s evidence that adrenaline and other stress hormones can physically change the environment tumours are growing in; ...

New research has shown that only 11 per cent of teenagers and young adults are smoking, which is a 4 percent drop from two years ago and the lowest rate it has even been. A study by the Cancer Institute of New South Wales tracked more than 6,000 young people ...

1. You make green smoothies for breakfast, because you know they are full of nutritional goodness and fibre. 2. You love strolling through health food stores to see what newsuperfoods or raw bars you haven’t tried yet. 3. Your favourite thing to do on the weekend is go to your ...

No luck with long locks? The answer can lie anywhere from your diet and hormones, to your thyroid and scalp circulation. Here are our sure-fire steps to encouraging healthy hair growth. DO Eat your hair sexy When it comes to healthy hair growth, diet is key, and there are some ...

If you watched Todd Sampson’s 3-part documentary Redesign My Brain and thought you’d like to get in on the action yourself you’re not alone. So we thought why not go to the source directly? Dr Michael Merzenich, the scientist who helped Todd Sampson redesign his brain in the show and ...

Monday Keep a food diary for a week. Your metabolism – how your body uses enzymes to change food into energy – is unique. Study yours by writing down everything you eat and drink, how it makes you feel after eating and any cravings. Tuesday Work out your metabolic type: ...

In light of the tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a heroin overdose, drug addiction is once again back in the spotlight. The actor battled with addiction on and off throughout his life and for those looking from the outside in, it can be difficult to fathom just how ...