Jeremy McGhee was 25 when he was hit by a car in 2001, while riding his motorbike to run errands a few blocks from home. “I remember everything about the accident,” he says. “I worked in trauma [as a lifeguard] so I was sort of self-assessing as it was happening. ...

When Kim Kardashian set out to “break the internet” by baring her bottom on the cover of a magazine last year, she could have taken her styling cues from 55-year-old Melbourne man Craig Coombes, for whom posing in his birthday suit is a weekly event. Coombsey, as he’s known to ...

Going to the toilet should be a straightforward affair – go to the toilet, sit down, do your business and away you go. However according to microbiologist and author of Charming Bowels it seems we shouldn’t actually be sitting but squatting when we’re on the loo. Enders cites numerous studies ...

Headphone-related hearing loss Remember when your parents used to yell, “Turn it down”? With headphones, that’s no longer necessary but, according to the journal Pediatrics, more than 12 per cent of children suffer from noise-inducedhearing loss due to hazardous levels of noise. And it’s simply a matter of volume. Experts ...

In 1955, former US president John F Kennedy was prescribed a rocking chair by his doctor to alleviate his chronic back pain. JFK found it so effective that he took one on Air Force One, used one at Camp David and also on his family estate.JFK’s doctor was on to ...

Owning a property is often referred to as the great Australian dream, and it’s widely seen as a sign of success, a path to a better life. It’s also a very hot topic. For every three properties in Australia, one is owned outright and doesn’t have a mortgage, another is ...

Who doesn’t love the thrill of a secret? From a social perspective, a secret is simply information that’s not common knowledge. It may have an air of mystery or gossip-inducing connotations, usually negative. However, from a scientific perspective, a secret is hard to define. As you process the information, a ...

Imagine if the path to a more successful, happy and confident you was as simple as tidying your closet and folding your socks the right way. Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, promises a dramatic improvement in lifestyle and mindset if you follow her de-cluttering and organisation ...

Guaraná and caffeine Guaraná contains caffeine, the stimulant found in coffee, tea, yerba mate, colas and chocolate. “Guaraná also contains a whole mix of other compounds that act together to stimulate you over and above itscaffeine content,” says Professor Stephen Myers, Director of NatMed-Research at Southern Cross University. In fact, ...

Ask the average gym-going, sport-playing teenage boy if he knows any peers who’ve taken steroids and chances are he’ll say yes. Performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) are no longer the sole domain of the professional or elite sportsperson and body builder. They’re being used and abused at a grassroots, suburban ...