This Month
The three simple ways to test your fitness
How do you know if you are fit? Here are three tests to track your strength and cardiovascular fitness that can be done with little or no equipment.
- Hilary Achauer
High cholesterol critical factor in development of dementia, study finds
Scientists have for the first time linked high cholesterol and vision loss to the onset of dementia, including them among 14 risk factors.
- Sarah Neville
July
This is the ‘golden’ decade for turbocharging your health
Diet and exercise improvements are beneficial at any age, but experts say there is an optimal period to build lean muscle and drive up cardiovascular stamina.
- Lucy Dean
How to beat the big four diseases of ageing
Far more people are projected to be living with a major illness by 2040, but lifestyle choices can help prevent them.
- Miranda Levy
Nine signs your ambition may be damaging your health
When the desire to excel tips into perfectionism, your mental wellbeing can suffer.
- Julie Hare and Euan Black
Scientists identify the best type of exercise for mental sharpness
Queensland Brain Institute researchers studied sprinters, speed walkers and more leisurely exercisers. Here’s what they found.
- Lucy Dean
June
Why this CEO doesn’t like flying business class
For Who Gives a Crap co-founder and CEO Simon Griffiths, sitting at the front of the plane doesn’t resonate with the company’s brand.
- Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe
Consumers urged against panic-buying after Coles imposes egg limit
One supermarket giant is limiting customers to two cartons of eggs after an outbreak of bird flu in Victoria worsened.
- Gus McCubbing
Six reasons walking is still the ultimate exercise
There are few other forms of exercise that nourish our bodies quite as well as walking, and the protective benefits are lifelong.
- Joanna Hall
May
Bird flu on the march, experts warn
More than 400,000 chickens were slaughtered in Victoria this week and experts say Australia will be lucky to avoid the more virulent version of avian flu.
- Tom Burton
Aussies aren’t all Bondi Beach fit, Ozempic’s new local exec has just realised
Novo Nordisk Oceania managing director Cem Ozenc mourns the fact Australia’s obesity challenge is lost amid the celebrity hype surrounding the medication.
- Sally Patten
Queensland industries fear migration cut will worsen worker shortage
Slashing migration numbers risks compounding stretched workforces, Queensland industries warn.
- James Hall
How a tennis ball saved my marriage
Having considered various remedies to keep his wife sane and his health intact, it turns out there’s a simple solution to the writer’s snoring.
- Luke Benedictus
Ozempic helped after my heart attack, but it’s not the full solution
Tony Mellis knew something untoward was happening in his body, but so much more was happening in his life, he didn’t have time to see his doctor.
- Jill Margo
‘Support and empower’: How coaching can bring out the best in staff
Mindset Health provides its workers with coaching sessions that discuss ways to handle difficult situations or conflict and how to deal effectively with stress and over-work.
- Sian Powell
April
Why women stop telling lies when they get older
Cosmetic surgery, diet drugs, bad parenting… Some things are better left unsaid – until it’s too late to matter any more.
- Shane Watson
Five surprising benefits of a firm and shapely bottom
New research shows muscle loss is not inevitable in midlife. Here’s how to perk up your posterior and enjoy the healthy rewards.
- Matt Roberts
Do ‘functional beverages’ really work? Here’s what the science says
Drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration are growing in popularity worldwide. Should they be?
- Updated
- The Associated Press
The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals
Rather than setting goals, we are better off finding cues to trigger new habits.
- Amantha Imber
World’s oldest man says his longevity secret is an ‘unhealthy’ meal
But Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, also says a long life comes down to luck – and moderation.
