Iron deficiency is more than just a small dietary problem that leaves you feeling a bit tired – experts describe it as the most debilitating nutritional deficiency today. With more than two billion sufferers globally, this condition has even prompted the World Health Organization to form a plan of action. ...

Picture this: You’re having breakfast and, along with your usual multivitamin, you take another pill. But it isn’t filled with minerals orantioxidants – it’s a tablet to prevent ageing and the diseases that come with it. This might sound like a scene from a sci-fi film, but it’s a real ...

Vulvodynia (depressed vagina) What it is: Ever since Charlotte suffered a “depressed vagina” in Sex And The City, the term has been part of pop culture, but the unpleasant reality of this condition is chronic pain and sensitivity in the vulva (the external area of the female genitals). About one ...

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 ...

Nothing beats slipping into a pair of comfy pjs before bed but how often do you actually wash them? It seems not washing your pyjamas for more than a week could mean you’re sharing the bed with the bacteria from the skin cells that you have shed. This leaves you ...

In Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia, people have used birch water as a herbal pick-me-up for years. Recently, it’s appeared in cafes and health-food stores in the US, and now it’s reached Australia. The “water” comes from birch trees that grow predominantly in the northern hemisphere. One major producer has ...

“Like many men, I wasn’t aware how food affected the way I felt about myself and my world until I met my girlfriend, actress Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Before that I smoked, drank Coke and loved Tim Tams. When Zoe fell pregnant, healthy eating became even more important and I noticed how ...

Walk down the cereal aisle of your supermarket and you might notice something a bit different. There’s now a smattering of stars in the corner of many food packages that look similar to the energy ratings on appliances. Some Weet-Bix and Uncle Tobys Oats products are twinkling away with five ...

One Australian is diagnosed with dementia every six minutes. By 2050, about 900,000 of us are likely to be living with this progressive disease and experts say we’ll be facing a social, health and economic crisis if we’re unprepared for this imminent spike in the illness. “It’s becoming more prevalent ...

Now that I have your attention with this headline, I’d like to apologise for the fact that there are no “good” plastics – after all, how could I endorse a material that ends up in landfill and our waterways, and contributes to the ever-growing garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean ...