Now to Love

**Dr Jane Goodall is touring Australia from July 12 to 24 to promote the projects of the Jane Goodall Institute, in particular her environment youth venture, Roots and Shoots. ** For additional national tour info, see www.janegoodall.org and www.rootsandshoots.org, or contact Dr Alicia Kennedy at [email protected] or 0439 094 379. Public events schedule Wednesday, July […]

My family has always been close. My mother, father, brother and myself were more like friends than family and saw each other in social circles as well as on family occasions. When my parents decided to sell the waterfront family home and move into a villa five years ago, I saw the potential for a […]

The best thing I have ever done for my kitten is to buy a ball of wool and create little balls she can bat around, play with and chase. I add in a long hanging piece which I can swing around for her to leap at. They’re so much fun. My three-year-old and five-year-old cats […]

I am 49 and 136kg. I would like to lose weight but I have found it hard, with dialysis four times a week, and diabetes, and neuropathy that makes it difficult to exercise. There is no gym or access to a pool and I can’t afford a treadmill, can you help with some pointers? Obstacles […]

I was madly in love with my boss, Alan, and had become obsessed with him. I attended every work function that enabled me to spend more time with him and I volunteered for all those extra jobs that would make him think of me in even more favourable terms. We got on extremely well, had […]

Question: I have a six-month-old labrador who is really naughty. He pulls the washing off the line consistently. I have tried every punishment, and praise when he doesn’t do it, yet he still does it. The dog has lots of toys and is well exercised. I am running out of ideas. Krystal Answer: Labradors are […]

You pay out your weight in gym fees, but still can’t drop those kilos. Sydney trainer Rebecca Rule tells why.

Burn that blubber away with ‘The Healthy Chef’, Teresa Cutter, author of 80/20 Diet: 12 Weeks To A Better Body. Seven day fat-buster plan Monday and Thursday Breakfast Banana porridge Combine 1 mashed banana with 1 cup water, ½ cup soy milk, ¾ cup rolled oats, 1 tablespoon linseeds and 1 tablespoon wheat germ. Cook […]

Together they lost 267kg … meet the state finalists in Weight Watchers’ 2006 Slimmer of the Year contest.. Stella Age: 37 Before: 129kg Now: 69kg Weight lost: 60kg Vic/Tas Overweight for much of her adult life, Stella Nicola had tried almost every diet imaginable. “But I couldn’t find one that I managed to maintain,” says […]

By Annette Campbell In 1988, more than 500 Australian babies died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Thanks largely to the research and education programs funded by Red Nose Day campaigns, that number has dropped by 90 percent, with less than 60 deaths in 2004. That’s still 60 babies too many though, so the good […]