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Ashleigh Gleeson is National Health Editor. She was previously Chief of Staff at the Herald Sun and has worked as a reporter covering crime, court, education, council and federal politics.

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Strength Training

This is week five of the Get Your Body Right series.

Try this hack to see real results from your workout

You don’t actually need to workout more often and for longer. This week of the Get Your Body Right series puts you on the path to seeing results and change

Heart Health

My smartwatch started going crazy – I’d been ignoring the symptoms

Brad Butvila had been feeling light-headed and dizzy, but he put it down to being tired due to being a father-of-two. However his smartwatch kept sending him alerts.

Health Funds

These patients paid thousands for surgery.

We paid for our surgery instead of using private health cover

Amid long public waitlists and the increasing cost of Gold cover, people are forking out thousands for surgery in the private system. What’s the pros and cons?

VIDEOStrength Training

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Do this 20-second exercise if you look at your phone a lot

If you look at your phone multiple times a day then experts say you should do this simple exercise to avoid a common problem being seen in people aged 16 and up.

Weight Loss

Arpita Nandi lost 21.6kg in 20 months on the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet program. AFTER Picture: Supplied

How to deal with this common weight loss struggle

Arpita Nandi lost more than 21kg through making a change. But since then she has experienced a difficulty that’s more common than you might think.

EXCLUSIVEFertility

Big change for single women doing IVF

More people will be able to get Medicare rebates for IVF after the definition of infertility was expanded to include single women and same-sex couples.

VIDEOFertility

Carly De Mamiel and Steven Hosking with Harlow, 5 months. The couple found out they had to do IVF and now have a baby girl. The couple at their home in Carrum. Picture: Jason Edwards

How we had a baby despite this common fertility issue

Steven Hosking said he felt flattened when he found out he was the reason he and partner Carly De Mamiel were struggling to fall pregnant. But now they have a beautiful baby girl.

VIDEOStrength Training

This week of the Get Your Body Right series will focus on core strength.

Why these exercises for your core will make a big difference

In the third part of the Get Your Body Right series we focus on the core – and it will help make the workouts from weeks two and three much easier for this reason.

UPDATEDGuides

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Big mental health shock in the budget

Psychologists and psychiatrists have slammed the federal government for ignoring mental health in the budget, saying they are devastated.

VIDEOStrength Training

Do this workout to get better posture and toned arms

In the second week of the Get Your Body Right series we concentrate on the upper body to help you get toned arms and better posture.

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