Health

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she avoids feeding her children carbohydrates, including pasta, bread and rice, because she believes it is bad for them. The 40-year-old mother of Apple, 8, and Moses, 6, who has just launched her low-carb gluten-free cookbook It’s All Good, says, “Every single nutritionist, doctor and health-conscious person I have ever […]

Australians undergoing IVF and competing for donor eggs that are in short supply will soon be able to import eggs from overseas donors. A groundbreaking deal facilitated by the Monash IVF clinic gives Australian women using assisted reproduction access to the US-based World Egg Bank — the largest commercial frozen egg bank in the world. […]

We’ve just launched a great new cookbook — and Health Minister Tania Plibersek even cooked breakfast with us to celebrate. The Minister helped our Test Kitchen director Pamela Clark whip up a batch of healthy blueberry hotcakes this morning. The Eat for Health mini cookbook is packed with family meals and snacks, and each recipe […]

With the right food, you can get yourself in the mood in no time. So with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, here are the foods that will spice up your lovelife. This sizzling passion plan will stimulate the libido and the glorious thing about it is that, while everyone else is sleeping, you’re having […]

Most people think that looking after your health means eating well and getting a little exercise. Yet many medical experts now believe that looking after the mind is just as vital as taking care of the body. In fact, as actress Rebecca Gibney and TV personality Deborah Hutton tell Michael Sheather, taking care of your […]

People who take aspirin just once a week are more than twice as likely to develop age-related blindness, a new Australian study has found. A team from Sydney’s Westmead Millennium Institute for medical research conducted a 15-year study that found that regular users of the drug are significantly more likely to suffer from macular degeneration, […]

Studies show that eating dark chocolate has numerous health benefits, from boosting your mood to helping keep your heart healthy. And now there could be another one to add to the list. Health researchers from the University of L’Aquila in Italy say dark chocolate can help tackle dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people. They […]

Take your complexion from dull to dazzling in just a few days. Here, Shonagh Walker shares some tips and tricks to help restore your skin’s glow in time for the weekend. Late nights, hectic schedules with the kids, long hours at the computer… they quickly leave your complexion far from vibrant. While sensible diet and […]

Looking forward to Christmas cheer, but dreading the aftermath? Professor Kerryn Phelps advises on how to avoid the season's excesses.

Looking forward to Christmas cheer, but dreading the aftermath? Professor Kerryn Phelps advises on how to avoid the season’s excesses. The season of goodwill is upon us, but from my perspective in general practice, it’s also the season of impending regret. I lose count of the number of people who say to me, “I wish […]