She has one of the best bodies in Hollywood and now Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed her secrets to how she manages it. The 38-year-old actress said she does not obsess about her body shape and that she loves to eat. The mother of two said she is diligent about her fitness routine but told Self […]

Feeling overwhelmed? Easily distracted? Too busy to stop? Performance expert Dr Adam Fraser shows us how to get back into 'the flow' and focus on the task at hand.

Feeling overwhelmed? Easily distracted? Too busy to stop? Performance expert Dr Adam Fraser shows us how to get back into the flow and focus on the task at hand. “Multitasking is impossible,” Dr Adam Fraser says. “What we’re actually doing is switch-tasking. We can only give our conscious attention to one task at a time. […]

Two decades ago, the only people eating brown bread were health food fanatics and New Yorkers. But a new report has found that health-conscious Australians are increasingly choosing wholegrain varieties, steadily eroding the popularity of white bread. In pictures: Your favourite recipes Sales of wholegrain and nutrient-enriched bread are growing by 10 to 15 percent […]

Ever since hormone-replacement therapies were linked to a slightly increased risk of cancer, many women are turning to natural supplements to ease annoying menopausal afflictions. Try these drug-free remedies for relief. Get a phyto fix Phytoestrogens are compounds with mild oestrogen-like effects that have been shown to offer relief for hot flushes and vaginal dryness. […]

St George Hospital is refusing to release any details of an epidural blunder that left a young mother crippled, fuelling concerns that the public health system is not being held accountable for its mistakes. Grace Wang, 32, suffered massive damage to her nervous system, leaving her in a wheelchair and unable to hold her newborn […]

Is there anything omega-3s can’t do? These anti-inflammatory fatty acids, found in cold-water fish (such as salmon, tuna, herring and mackerel, and also in some other seafood), have already been shown to exert a protective effect against heart disease, depression, diabetes and arthritis. In pictures: Ten hot tips to stay young Researchers from the Johns […]

You already know that taking time out to practise meditation helps to still your thoughts and leaves you feeling physically and mentally calmer. Now it seems that squeezing just 30 minutes of timeout into your busy daily schedule may also reduce your odds of developing dementia and possibly prevent mental health disorders such as depression. […]

Researchers are growing human hearts in test tubes with hopes of ending long waiting lists for transplants. Scientists at the University of Minnesota in the US created the organs by “stripping” cells from the hearts of deceased people, leaving behind a tough protein skeleton, known as a ‘ghost heart’. They then coated eight ‘ghost hearts’ […]

The catastrophic medical accident at Sydney’s St George Hospital that confined Grace Wang to a wheelchair and deprived her of the ability to hold her baby son has prompted a review of epidural procedures across the NSW health system. Grace, 32, had antiseptic injected into her spinal instead of anaesthetic after a mix up between […]