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Men are usually pretty good at looking after their cars, their families and their mates. But sometimes they need a little more encouragement to look after their own health. So the aim of Men’s Health Week (June 15 – 21) is to raise the level of awareness about men’s medical issues, and encourage our fellas […]

The drug millions of Aussies are taking – what it does for weight, sex and you! More than 12 million anti-depressant scripts a year are prescribed in Australia – and rising. But are we taking mood-enhancing meds too far? Next time you’re at an office lunch, chances are at least one or more of the […]

Cameron Diaz has spoken out about her choice to not be a mother, saying many women are afraid to admit they don’t want to have children. The 36-year-old Hollywood A-lister said despite the fact there were too many children in the world already, women who chose not to be mums were made to feel they […]

After a lengthy legal battle with Malawi’s high court, Madonna will become a mother once again to an African orphan. The 50-year-old has won an appeal overturning a ruling which barred her from adopting because she wasn’t a resident of the country — the same law that was overlooked for her controversial adoption of David […]

For many Australians losing weight and maintaining weight is high on their list of priorities. And when it comes to weight, there is a lot of talk about grain foods – including bread, pasta and cereals – and the role they may play in weight gain. But do grains really contribute to weight gain? Or […]

A screen adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize winner, Disgrace could easily have gone horribly wrong. Fortunately, creative partners, Australians Steve Jacobs and Anna-Maria Monticelli have delivered a finely nuanced film that closely reflects the intelligence and subtlety of the novel. John Malkovich gives a suitably malevolent turn as somewhat dissolute literature professor David Lurie […]

A question often asked by psychologists, educators and curious minds alike. The Weekly's financial expert, Virginia Graham, poses it from a financial point of view.

Devastated after her unsuccessful attempt to adopt a second child from Malawi, Madonna is turning to another African country in her search for a sibling for little David Banda. The singer’s application to adopt a young Malawian girl was rejected by the country’s high court earlier this year, but now she’s looking at adoption centres […]

I got messed around by men pretty badly when I was in my early twenties, and the repercussions of this were that for most of my late twenties I, myself, was not very nice to the men I used to meet through friends, at parties, pubs. I found myself being hostile in order to keep […]

With hundreds of Australians now diagnosed with the virus, and panic building, we reveal what it’s really like to be infected with the much-feared disease. Stephanie and Jimmy Dickson found themselves at the centre of the swine flu scare when their kids were among the first diagnosed with the disease in Australia. They were confined […]