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Jennifer Aniston at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival

Jennifer Aniston stays fit with yoga Skype sessions

She has one of the most enviable bodies in Hollywood, but Jennifer Aniston doesn’t stay trim and toned without hard work. The 45-year-old star reportedly works out in her hotel rooms with a yoga instructor demonstrating the exercises via video link. Yoga instructor and author Mandy Ingber, who trains Jen and Kate Beckinsale, told The […]
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Model wearing hijab showcases designs by Hannie Hananto on the runway during Jakarta Fashion Week 2014.

Study: Hijab linked to better body image

While most western women might struggle to imagine any upsides to wearing a veil over their faces, a new study suggests that the hijab actually shields women from developing a negative body image. The study, published in British Journal of Psychology, interviewed 587 Muslim women in the UK – of these 369 wore some sort […]
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High potassium diet reduces stroke risk in older women

Research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, suggests that postmenopausal women derive health benefits from potassium-rich foods if they do not have high blood pressure. In Australia stokes kill more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer; and while potassium has previously been linked to lower blood pressure and reducing […]
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National Breast Cancer Foundation ambassador Sarah Murdoch. PHOTO: Getty.

Sarah Murdoch: Young women don’t see breast cancer coming

Each year, during the prime of their lives; and when they are establishing families and careers, about 800 young Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Facing a cancer diagnosis at a young age is difficult and this is reflected in the new report, which shows many young women feel blindsided by the illness. While […]
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Kate DeAraugo’s dramatic weight loss: How she did it

Kate DeAraugo’s dramatic weight loss: How she did it

Australian Idol winner Kate DeAraugo reveals the details of her dramatic 60kg weight loss and she she almost halved her body weight. Kate weighed in at 125kg at her heaviest, until she went under the knife to have a gastric sleeve fitted in what can only be described as life-saving surgery, and now, at 65kgs […]
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Study: Rural women more likely to die from ovarian cancer

The seven-year study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, looked at more than 1100 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005 and found that the mortality rate for country women was 20 per cent higher than women in a metropolitan area. It also found just 35 per cent of rural based women lived for […]
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