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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). ...

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 ...

Yes A review of studies carried out by researchers at the University of Toronto, and published in Gender Medicine magazine, says the link between negative moods and menstrual cycles is tenuous at best. The largely female team, led by New Zealander Dr Sarah Romans, examined 47 studies from between 1971 ...

Most of us have ideas about the ways in which the food we eat influences our body odour. Among the foods claimed to cause bad body odour are onions andgarlic, certain dairy products such as blue cheese, fermented foods such as sauerkraut, vinegar and – most of all – curries. ...

If you’re struggling to quit cigarettes, here’s a meditation technique that can help There is no one way to quit smoking. Different strategies work for different people. If you want to quit but have been unable to do so through other means, there is an alternative: mindfulness. Mindfulness is a ...

Some women diagnosed with baby blues may have a different problem It may sound like every new mother’s ultimate fantasy to shed kilos just weeks after giving birth. But what may be envied at the local parenting class could in fact be a sign of post-partum thyroiditis, leading to anxiety, ...