Obesity linked to migraines
Obesity may raise the risk of getting migraines, US researchers
said yesterday.
Battling the bulge
Layne's World Diets are hard work but worth it. The key is
to maintain your motivation.
The new appetite for fasting
Intermittent starvation can help you lose weight and prevent
disease. But is it healthy?
Why we're hooked on chips
Scientists say they may have discovered why hot chips are so
irresistible: it's how they smell.
The truth about supplements
Chew On This Can supplements sold in pharmacies and health
food stores help you lose weight?
Rethinking drinking
Sharing a bottle of wine is OK if it happens once or twice a week
but any more and the calories add up.
Study backs hormone treatment's cancer link
WOMEN who stop taking combined hormone replacement therapy experience a rapid decline in the risk of breast cancer, a study into the menopause treatment has found.
Tackling childhood obesity: get mum fit, too
LAST year Anna Barwick was 95 kilograms and too embarrassed by her post-baby weight to join a gym. Tomorrow she will compete in her first team triathlon - at Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast - along with new mums Danielle Bell and Melanie Dadson.
Consider surgery for teenagers
MORBIDLY obese teenagers should be given gastric banding, doctors say, but those in low socio-economic areas who are most at risk can not access the surgery because it is not available in public hospitals.
Food industry defends record on salt
Australia's food and grocery industry has defended its record on
salt in the wake of research that highlights unhealthy sodium
levels in some fast foods.
Crunch time for fad fitness
It's time to dust off the ThighMaster, fit ball and Jane Fonda
exercise video and make some decisions.
Teenage drinking
Chew on this How can you get kids to delay drinking alcohol?
Weight-loss advisers raise concern
Pharmacies are selling a vast array of unproven diet products with
little staff training, Choice warns.
Study unmasks 'silent killer'
There is no screening test for ovarian cancer but new research
shows there are some warning signs.
Rise in weight-loss surgery
Being forced to trim household budgets hasn't stopped Australians
forking out for weight-loss surgery.
Salt's at the heart of the problem
Like skin, arteries start off smooth and elastic. Western diets,
especially salt, can prematurely age them.
Record weight loss on Biggest Loser
The Biggest Loser trainer Shannan Ponton says contestants
have shed more than 50kg in just a couple of months.
Girth of a nation
A recent survey found many women experience that too-full feeling
of bloating. Good news: it's treatable.
Eat your way to good health
Forget about pills. The right diet can prevent many common
ailments.
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Moment of truth
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Touch yourself
Sexperts Broooke Hemphill investigates the taboo around masturbation and discovers there are health benefits to regular, healthy self love.
Snip-snap
This week on Sexperts Brooke Hemphill investigates why there are calls to bring back circumcision.
Renewed bird flu fears in Malaysia
Singapore halts poultry imports from Malaysia's Selangor after the H5N1 virus was found in chickens.
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From entree to outre
Photos Revisit culinary crazes with these fad foods from last century.
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Birthday celebrations
Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrates his 43rd birthday with a short appearance outside his house.
