Hypertension or high blood pressure can increase your risk of a number of serious health conditions, such as heart attack and stroke. But high blood pressure often has no symptoms, so without regular testing, you may not know it is affecting your health. It’s important to recognise high blood pressure can be a problem at […]

A US scientist claims to know how to live a longer and healthier life. Geneticist Professor Cynthia Kenyon says it lies with eliminating carbohydrates and high amount of insulin from your diet, the UK’s Daily Mail reported. She discovered that the carbohydrates we eat, including bananas, potatoes, bread, pasta, biscuits and cakes, directly affect two […]

The judge hopes for a little MasterChef of his own. Being surrounded by smiling children on the set of Junior MasterChef has got judge George Calombaris hankering after a family of his own. “I definitely want to have kids,” he says. Watching the pint-size cooks whip up complicated delicacies has been a thrill for George, […]

An Australia-US study has found that animals with higher metabolisms tend to exercise more than their low-metabolism counterparts and also exhibit more dominant characteristics, including a higher sex drive. In pictures: Walking with the stars University of New South Wales senior lecturer Dr Peter Biro and Professor Judy Stamps, from the University of California, Davis, […]

Eating generous portions of protein as you get older equates to a reduced risk of hip fracture, researchers from the Harvard University said in a study published in Osteoporosis International. They looked at the eating habits and risk of hip fractures in 946 older men and women and found those who ate less protein had […]

Finding it hard to make it through the day without a bar of chocolate to top up your energy levels? There are better ways to keep your brain active throughout the day, all involving our diet and the way we eat. Master the menu To keep you body and brain powering through the day, focus […]

Have you ever sat at home on your bed with your beloved teddy and wondered “Am I the only one doing this?” The answer is no. A survey of 6000 UK adults, commissioned by hotel chain Travelodge, found that 35 percent of British adults admitted to sleeping with a stuffed animal, LiveScience reported. One of […]

She’s one of TV’s bubbliest personalities, and with the birth of her first baby, Shelley has even more reason to smile. When a couple bring their first baby home, they naturally expect there to be a few dramas. But, in the case of Shelley Craft and her husband Christian Sergiacomi, their daughter Milla – born […]

Instead of having much needed surgery, Cheryl has chosen to follow her TV dream. You’d never guess it by looking at her as she polishes and paints on The Block, but contestant Cheryl is hiding a deadly secret. Just days before entering the house, the 28-year-old real estate agent from Melbourne was diagnosed with an […]

Dogs can improve our health without us even realising it. You don’t have to run endlessly around the local park with your dog to lose weight. When low-income, sedentary people with chronic illness were given “loaner” dogs to walk, they lost an average of 6.5kg a year, a study from the University of Missouri found […]