Wellbeing

Your senior years medical health check diary

Your senior years medical health check diary

16 Sep 2015 Like car maintenance, as you clock up kilometres and years, your need for more regular services ― health checks and prevention screenings...

The world’s oldest supermodel still knows how to work it

28 Aug 2015 Daphne Selfe is 86 and still modelling. Photography: Gary Heery Source: Sunday Style DAPH!
Some Like It Hot: Spicy Food Linked to Longer Life

Some Like It Hot: Spicy Food Linked to Longer Life

14 Aug 2015 By Candy Sagon Your tongue is tingling, your face is flushed, your nose is dripping, your eyes are tearing — ah, the joys of eating hot, s...
Anti-Ageing

Anti-Ageing

10 Jul 2015 Anti-ageing is not a state of mind, although a younger frame of mind helps stave off the years.
How Life Works

How Life Works

7 Jul 2015 THE MYTH: success makes you happy. THE FACT: happiness makes you successful.
A village made just for people with Dementia

A village made just for people with Dementia

6 Jul 2015 This Amazing Village Was Made Just For People With Dementia and Lets Them Live Normally And Safely In the town of Weesp, Netherlands, an en...
Strange home remedies

Strange home remedies

24 Jun 2015 In times of pain and discomfort, painkillers and ointments are often the go-to option for most patients. 
World Diabetes Day

World Diabetes Day

14 Nov 2014 World Diabetes Day (WDD) is held every year on November 14 to raise awareness of diabetes.
Australian men have third-highest life expectancy in the world

Australian men have third-highest life expectancy in the world

27 Oct 2014 AUSTRALIAN men have the third-highest life expectancy in the world, while the nation’s women come sixth globally, according to the World H...
For Longevity, Laughter and a Good Night’s Rest

For Longevity, Laughter and a Good Night’s Rest

20 Oct 2014 Renowned geriatrician Harvey Jay Cohen offers his top tips for aging well l Want to live a superlong life?
When visiting your dentist

When visiting your dentist

16 Oct 2014 Bring Your Pill Bottles! There is an old Jewish blessing which says, “May you live to be 120.” This may actually be a realistic goal for...

Hearing health crisis

16 Sep 2014 A lack of formal training for carers has created a hidden crisis in hearing health in Australia’s aged care system.
Health risks we’ll face if we work until 70

Health risks we’ll face if we work until 70

5 Sep 2014 With the pension age set to rise to 70, there are things many of us need to consider if we want to finish our working life with our health...

No one wants to grow old

3 Sep 2014 Amongst 50 something’s the term anti-ageing is becoming quite common. Everyone knows someone who is trying a new product or ancient remed...

New report shows cancer one of the leading causes of alcohol-related deaths

31 Jul 2014 A new report showing that cancer was one of the leading causes of alcohol-related deaths in Australia should help raise public awareness of...

For almost 5 million Aussies it’s the drip that won’t go away

12 Jun 2014 A condition that’s still too embarrassing to discuss A Newspoll survey1 conducted on behalf of HARTMANN, makers of MoliCare Mobile®, rev...

Men’s Health Week 9-15 June

4 Jun 2014 Celebrating Your AchieveMENts Men’s Health Week is all about celebrating the many and wonderful contributions that boys and men bring to...

THE BITTER PILL OF THE RISING COSTS OF MEDICINE

7 Dec 2012 ANALYSIS BY JOHN McNAMEE The other day we went into the chemist to buy some Glucosomine in the hope that its long repeated use would help e...

Australian women underestimate heart disease risk

7 May 2012 Thanks to the hugely successful fundraising campaign that sees our supermarket shelves stacked with pink-packaged products every October, Au...

Dr Sandra Short introduces the definitive dental treatment: Bridge-On-4

26 Mar 2012 Losing teeth can be as devastating as losing a limb. If you’ve lost any teeth as an adult, especially if it’s a lot of teeth, you may f...