Wellbeing

NEW YORK TIMES: Crucial clues about body’s biology can be found on top your head

What your hair reveals about your health

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Crucial clues about body’s biology can be found on top your head.

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Paige Suisted (centre) was told she wouldn’t live long enough to be a mum.

Doctors in shock as woman’s terminal cancer disappears

A woman who was told she would never be a mum after doctors gave her months to live, is being hailed a medical ‘anomaly’ after her cancer seems to have just disappeared. 

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THE WASHINGTON POST: New research links walking to delayed Alzheimer’s decline

The simple habit that could delay Alzheimer’s

The Washington Post: How many steps could keep your brain younger? New research links walking to delayed Alzheimer’s decline

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Blakehurst High School’s Deb Fabrizio (left) is fighting breast cancer two years after her best friend and head science teacher before her, Linda O’Brien, died of the disease.

Major investigation as Sydney cancer cluster school reels

Government health officials have confirmed they are assisting the Department of Education amid reports of a cancer cluster cover-up at a Sydney high school.

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Traces of chrysotile, a type of asbestos, have been found in Kadink Decorative Sand.

Asbestos has been found in coloured craft sand. This is the risk to kids

More than 20 schools and preschools have been closed after traces of asbestos were detected in the sand.

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WASHINGTON POST: Some cancer symptoms are easier to recognised than others. Here are four that are more rare but shouldn’t be ignored.

Four surprising cancer symptoms you need to know

WASHINGTON POST: Some cancer symptoms are easier to recognised than others. Here are four that are more rare but shouldn’t be ignored.

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Two habits that can calm your mind — no meditation app required.

Two ways to calm your wired brain

Two habits that can calm your mind — no meditation app required.

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WASHINGTON POST: Small bursts of activity can make you happier.

Exercise less, feel better

THE WASHINGTON POST: Feeling low? Science says small bursts of activity can help more than you think.

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Alejandro Chávez-Badiola at the Hope IVF clinic alongside an AI and robotic system that automates 205 manual steps of IVF.

AI is making babies now

WASHINGTON POST: Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.

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It can be awkward discussing our health histories with family members — but that silence can be deadly.

The family discussion that could save your life

It can be awkward discussing our health histories with family members — but that silence can be deadly.

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The order you eat the food on your plate is just as important as what’s on it.

Longevity expert says the order you eat your food matters

‘Meal sequencing’: A longevity expert says the order you eat the food on your plate is just as important as what’s on it.

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Doctors are calling for needle free vaccines following an influenza virus that has taken 14 lives in the Northern Territory so far this year.

Urgent plea as flu outbreak kills 14

A deadly flu outbreak has taken 14 lives in the Northern Territory and now doctors are pleading for an urgent new vaccination method.

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WASHINGTON POST:  Four reliable signs that it may be time to pull the plug, or at least pay close attention.

Swipe out: Four dating red flags to run from

THE WASHINGTON POST: As a therapist, I’ve been able to zero in on four reliable signs that it may be time to pull the plug, or at least pay close attention.

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Think bubble baths and meditation ease stress? Science says otherwise.

The top stress cure isn’t what you think

Think bubble baths and meditation ease stress? Science says otherwise.

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