Fit fatties healthier than slim lazies
Experts say slim couch potatoes have poorer health prospects than
those who are overweight but fit.
Throwing yourself out of a plane - and into life
The head of the nation's brain bank knows the good that comes from organ donation. He was at death's door when he got a new liver, writes Kate Benson.
Food makers to junk bad ads
AUSTRALIA'S $70 billion food industry is pledging to advertise only healthy food to children under 12, which could mean the disappearance of commercials for products such as Coca Cola and ice cream during children's viewing hours.
Mental illness ravaging nation's youth
Alarming new figures reveal that one in four young people battling a mental illness, with many problems triggered by drug and alcohol abuse.
These drugs can work, but must be used with caution
IN THE 1990s the SSRIs seemed like such great drugs that pumping them into drinking water began to look like a good idea. But in recent years their credibility has taken a number of blows, particularly where children are concerned.
Beating invisible enemies
In some childrens' wards, ritual replaces rationality. Lissa
Christopher writes.
Busting breast cancer myths
Tall tales about what causes breast cancer can do more harm than
good, writes Bronwyn McNulty.
Labs ordered to stop breast cancer tests
WOMEN will no longer be able to go to a public hospital to find out whether they have inherited a genetic mutation that causes breast cancer, after the company that holds the licence to the gene patents set a deadline of November 6 for other laboratories to cease testing.
Thinking about drinking
Layne's World Arrive Alive ambassador Layne Beachley wants
your ideas on fighting binge drinking.
Get Madonna arms for summer
Video Our fitness guru demonstrates exercises that will
sculpt your arms for a sleeveless summer.
Donors not truly 'dead' when organs removed
Most organ donors in Australia are not truly dead when their organs are taken and often transplant procedures do not conform with the law, a leading Melbourne doctor has argued.
Mumps a Gen Y pain in the neck
Once a childhood rite of passage, mumps is now affecting
under-vaccinated young adults.
Children beat diabetes with good vibrations
VIBRATING platforms developed to boost muscle mass in Soviet
cosmonauts and to improve the performance of elite athletes are
being used to help obese teenagers ward off type 2 diabetes.
Cell discovery offers hope for heart patients
AUSTRALIAN scientists have created beating-heart muscle cells from human fat in a world first that could benefit millions of heart attack victims.
Gene discovery could delay brain tumours
THE growth of deadly brain tumours could be halted or delayed after a gene technology breakthrough by Sydney researchers.
Bee Gees keep you Stayin' Alive
The Bee Gees hit song Stayin' Alive might be more true to
its name than anyone could have guessed.
Nicotine link to breast cancer: study
A new study shows nicotine could play a role in the development of
breast cancer.
Facing your fitness demons
Denise Austin has helped develop an online test that gives an
honest evaluation of your fitness.
Iodine to be mandatory in bread
Adding iodine to bread could soon be compulsory to address
widespread deficiencies in men and women.
Furore over Coke myth-busting ad
Coca-Cola has been forced to defend ads featuring actress Kerry
Armstrong after a chorus of protest.
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Touch yourself
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Snip-snap
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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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Birthday celebrations
Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrates his 43rd birthday with a short appearance outside his house.
