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About 10 per cent of the population is left handed and many more of us switch between our hands for various tasks. Yet left-handers have been discriminated against since ancient times and many myths surround this difference. In fact, most of the popular beliefs about left-handers rarely stand up to ...

Since the 1990s, UV radiation in Australia has increased between two and six per cent. With summer on the horizon, now’s the time to establish some good habits for healthy eyes. Wear sunglasses Almost a quarter of body+soul readers rarely wear sunglasses, according to a recent OPSM survey. However, it’s ...

It’s a little-known fact that more Australian women will be affected by an eating disorder than breast cancer in their lifetime: 11 per cent will getbreast cancer while 15 per cent of women are estimated to be faced with an eating disorder (which includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosaand binge eating). ...

Dry macular degeneration A condition where waste gathers at the back of your eye and affects your central vision. Defence There is no treatment, but the carotenoid lutein has been found highly effective in preventing dry macular degeneration. Find it in dark, leafy greens, such as spinach, collard greens and ...

Imagine being blinded by an eye injury that could have been prevented or treated for cataracts when you could have easily worn sunglasses. Half of all cataracts treated in Australia are caused by sun exposure and many of the 50,000 eye injuries that occur each year could have been prevented ...

Australians need to change the way they work, play, eat and live or face the consequences of an almost certain diabetes epidemic, the health impacts of which will be more harmful than smoking, experts say. And they believe governments must lead the way. As with national campaigns targeting smoking or ...

When was the last time you went for 24 hours without looking at a computer, tablet or smartphone? For most of us, it takes an overseas holiday or complete lack of mobile reception to prize the phone from our hands. But all that screen time is not particularly good for ...