“Truth be told I wasn’t very excited about the idea of having the implants,” says Timmie Jean Lindsey, 80, who 50 years ago was talked into becoming a guinea pig for the first silicone breast implants. “I was more concerned about my ears sticking out than my breasts.” In the ...

Each day I wake up feeling grateful to God for being here and for what I have. My bedroom is festooned with cards and presents from people who love me and I look out through the window onto the lawn where my 13 chickens are pecking about contentedly in the ...

A survey of 1000 women commissioned by Ski® Activ®, has found 91 per cent experience bloating, diarrhoea, cramping or gas at least once a month and  55 per cent experience these symptoms every week. Despite 93 per cent saying their digestive issues impact on their day-to-day life, only 50 per ...

If onions make you cry, are there vegetables that make you happy? Is a harp just a nude piano? Is a vacuum cleaner a broom with a stomach? Is mauve simply pink trying to be purple? Do dogs do it “people-style”? And why is there no other word for synonym? ...

At the end of an exhausting day, we should climb into bed, close our eyes and drift into sweet dreams. But many Australians are spending the night tossing and turning, unable to switch off from a busy day or find a comfy position. A survey into our sleeping habits by ...

If you spent last night tossing and turning on your mattress, desperate to find that perfect sleeping position, well—you’re not alone. Australians are a sleep-deprived lot, according to the latest IKEA National Slumber Survey. In the survey of over 2,400 Australians, 70 per cent of people said an uncomfortable mattress ...

When Melanie Ross went through the hardest time in her life, something had to give. That something was her health and the unthinkable happened to this usually fit 37-year-old. “I contracted pneumonia, narrowly avoided hospitalisation and was bedridden,” Ross says. “I think it was because of stress.” New research from ...

Previous studies say it can help beat prostate cancer, and reduce therisk of heart disease – now US researchers reveal caffeine may help you live longer too. The study, which analysed the coffee-drinking habits of 400,000 men and women aged from 50 – 71 over a 14 year period, found ...

It seems that although we love our sunburnt country, we’re not getting out in it enough – a Deakin University study of 11,000 Australian adults released earlier this year found one-third were deficient in vitamin D and almost three-quarters (73 per cent) had levels considered by many experts to be ...

“I moved in with Dad in February 2010, about a week after Mum died. Dad had been diagnosed with dementia about a year before. With his grief, at first it was hard to discern what was dementia and what was depression. He didn’t even want to live, so for the ...