Colds and flu are more common in the cooler months, partly due to the fact that we spend more time indoors in close contact with others. But getting sick isn’t ...
As the cold weather approaches and the days get shorter, our motivation to get outside and active tends to wane. But don’t let good habits slide over the winte...
To help you stay motivated when exercising the prize for our winter competition is an iHealth Pulse Oximeter.
Accurately measure your blood oxygen level, pul...
Once referred to as maturity-onset diabetes, type 2 diabetes is no longer seen only in older adults. Unfortunately, it is now being detected at younger ages, in...
How well do you know the truth about carbohydrates?
I need to cut carbs to lose weight.
There’s little doubt that cutting carbs will help you to lose weight...
Male-pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) is the most common type of hair loss and affects all men to some extent as they age. But for some men, this start...
While it’s often seen as a disease of older men, heart disease is the single biggest killer of women in Australia, taking the lives of 24 women every day. Accor...
Myth
What the research says
I need to cut carbs to lose weight.
There’s little doubt that cutting carbs will help you to lose weight, particularly if you cut do...
Childhood obesity is a growing problem in Australia, and worldwide. In 2014–15, more than 1 in 4 Australian children (27%) aged 5–17 years were overweight or o...
It might sound complicated, but interval training, also known as HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training, simply means alternating bursts of high intensity ex...
