Wellbeing

A sleep divorce is not as drastic as it sounds.

Five signs you might need a sleep divorce

Sleep experts give their best advice on how to get a good night’s sleep — and when it’s time to try a sleep divorce.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
A new study finds they far outlive people in other English-speaking countries..

Why do Australians live so long?

A new study has found Australians far outlive people in other English-speaking countries. So what is is that gives us those extra years?

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Alcohol can become all-encompassing.

Awful realities when alcohol rules your life

Two weeks after my daughter was born, I left her at home with my mum and went to the pub where I got blackout drunk.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Blood jabs could assist men’s sex life.

Shock therapy and blood jabs to boost sex life

A one-off jab of their own blood could be a new treatment to boost their sex life.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
People with rare cancer often miss out on clinical trials and government-funded genetic tests.

Health system heartbreak as cancer patients 'slip through cracks'

Inequities in Australia's healthcare system have produced gaps in survival for cancer sufferers.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Eight reasons why your neighbours hate you

Eight reasons why your neighbours hate you

The list of offences that will irritate your neighbours and make you the subject of gossip in the WhatsApp group is long. Here are the eight signs you’re the neighbour everyone loathes. 

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Every second of every day, your brain is monitoring the signals sent up from your body and rushing to assign a meaning to them.

Why you’re only as smart as your emotions

If people thought before that passions were primitive and destructive, now we understand that they are often wise. 

Updated
Read more (8 min) →
Small amounts of water and plenty of it are necessary.

Checklist to avoid chronic dehydration and flush out toxins

Up to two thirds of our body mass is water and it needs to be replenished to flush out waste and toxins.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Scientists may soon have a pill that flicks your body’s exercise switch.

Scientists’ discovery to flick your body’s exercise ‘switch’

Scientists say they have found a ‘switch’ in our bodies that increases the desire to do more exercise.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
AI technology may soon be used to select sperm for IVF treatments.

Major IVF breakthrough as AI improves patient outcomes

Engineers have developed AI technology that can remove the need for invasive IVF procedures.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Showing up to work early and staying late won’t get you ahead — here’s what will, according to a career expert of 30 years.

How to get ahead in the workplace without burning out

Showing up to work early and staying late won’t get you ahead — here’s what will, according to a career expert of 30 years.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
As important as a wind-down bedtime routine could be, what you eat throughout the day can play a big part in how you sleep.

My science-backed food rules for a restful night’s sleep

As important as a wind-down bedtime routine could be, what you eat throughout the day can play a big part in how you sleep.

Updated
Read more (7 min) →
There is one major factor holding women back from having as many children as they want.

Insidious ‘penalty’ that stops women from having babies

There is one major factor holding women back from having as many children as they want.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Britiush swim star Adam Peaty disclosed he tested positive for COVID at the Paris Olympics.,

Are COVID tests necessary if all you have is a runny nose?

COVID rates are on the rise and this may be down to the emergence of a new family of variants called FLiRT.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Some baby formula can have an adverse effect experts warn.

Shocking health warning over formula milk for young babies

Experts have warned of the rise in a particular type of formula milk that could cause obesity and tooth decay in infants.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →