How diabetes affects women

Normally sugar (glucose) levels in your blood are regulated by a hormone called insulin. Diabetes occurs when there are problems with insulin and how it works in your body. This article explores how the disease can affect women in different ways....
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Wellbeing for your health

Life isn't just about money. It's also about your happiness, relationships, meaning and purpose in life, community connections and so much more. This understand...
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Exercise spring clean

A new approach to exercise called High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) can spring clean your exercise routine. HIIT is different to the traditional exerci...

Early puberty

Puberty is when your child changes to become an adolescent. It involves: sexual organ development such as breasts, menstruation (periods), larger penis and test...

Health hydration for kids

The human body is 50-60% water. Hydration aims to maintain this proportion of water in the body. Water is lost from the body mostly through sweat and urine, making children particularly susceptible to dehydration....
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Spot skin cancer

Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. It makes up 80% of all newly diagnosed cancers and over 400,000 Australians are treated for ...
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Keep an eye on your macula

You're currently using your macula - the central part of the retina, the light sensitive tissue at the back of your eye – to read this newsletter. It's also ess...