Wellbeing

Feeling dread before getting out of bed?

Morning anxiety is real. Here’s what to do about it

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THE WASHINGTON POST: Why making music is powerful tool for mental health, and karaoke counts.

Why singing is good for you (even if you’re not Beyoncé)

THE WASHINGTON POST: Making music — even if we aren’t good at it — is powerful tool for mental health.

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Could your instant coffee fix being affecting your vision?

Doctors warning: STOP drinking this coffee

Scientists claim to have found a correlation link between degenerative blindness and something millions of people do every hour - grabbing a cup of coffee.

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The Washington Post: Artificial intelligence has been a game changer for ‘death-clock’ style longevity predictors.

What I’ve learnt from knowing when I’ll die

The Washington Post: Artificial intelligence has been a game changer for longevity predictors.

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THE WASHINGTON POST: Scared of speaking in front of a crowd?  Conquer a problem many people find challenging.

How to conquer your public speaking fears

THE WASHINGTON POST: Scared of speaking in front of a crowd?  Conquer a problem many people find challenging.

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The influencer-fuelled practice of freebirthing is seeing more Australian women turning their back on medical care during labour.

‘Something’s not right’: Freebirths rise despite fatalities

Despite a spate of fatal outcomes, Australian women are continuing to give birth without medical support in an alarming new trend that has the nation ‘going backwards’, according to one expert.

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A sleep doctor gets to the bottom of why you’re waking up in the wee hours.

Why we’re all waking up at 3am and how to stop doing it

Being awake at 3am is the new trend that no one wants to participate in.

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The Washington Post: Answers to  some very uncomfortable questions.

‘I can’t poop at work’ and other embarrassing problems

The Washington Post: Bathroom advice from a gastroenterologist privy to the uncomfortable questions people are too shy to ask.

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Rumer Willis with her dad Bruce.

Bruce Willis: Movie star’s heartbreaking dementia update

Hollywood action star Bruce Willis’s daughter Rumer has shared some devastating news about her dad as Americans celebrated Father’s Day.

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SARAH DI LORENZO: With dementia on the rise, here’s how you can lower your risk of developing it when you are older.

What you can do now to lower dementia risks later

SARAH DI LORENZO: With dementia on the rise, here’s how you can lower your risk of developing it when you are older.

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A new study has some grim findings on what social media use is doing to tweens.

Study links tweens’ social media use with future depression

Researchers followed thousands of pre-teens for three years, generating unique insights into how social media is shaping kids.

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The Washington Post: Is it really like putting your whole mouth in the dip? Or was George Costanza not so bad?

Was George Costanza right? Busting myths of the double dip

The Washington Post: It’s like putting your whole mouth in the dip! Has George Costanza been exhonerated?

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THE WASHINGTON POST: We’re wired to be negative, but you can reset your thinking.

Our brains are wired to think negatively. But we can fix it

Negativity bias is important to human functioning since it helps protect us from harm, but in some it can cause stress, depression and anxiety. Here is how to manage it so that it can benefit us.

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You can protect your home’s healthy microbiome.

How to make your house germier, and why you should

The world around us, including our homes, is full of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Here are four ways to make your home ‘germier’ - in order to make it healthier.

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Lower your risk of dementia, stroke and depression in old age.

Three ways to lower risk of dementia, stroke and depression

There are certain lifestyle choices that can lower your risk of developing dementia, stroke and depression later in life, according to a recent study.

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