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Breastfeeding is often promoted as a pathway to losing weight for new mothers.

I didn’t lose weight when I was breastfeeding. I gained it

If breastfeeding isn’t actually a consistent method of postpartum weight loss, why is it so frequently promoted as such by health professionals?

  • Jenna Guillaume

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Dr Serag Youssif denies allegations he has disfigured a former patient.

Doctor accused of disfiguring patient during genital surgery

The Melbourne gynaecologist’s former patient claims she suffers from impaired sexual function, regular infections and psychological trauma.

  • Cameron Houston and Melissa Cunningham

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

  • Cherie Gilmour
Nudity is the stuff of nightmares for most Australians - but for Germans it’s about connecting with nature.

Germans get it. We need to stop being so hung up about our naked bodies

Like many Australians, I had anxieties about my body. Getting nude in front of strangers has made all the difference.

  • Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
Bryan Johnson, known for embarking on outlandish health treatments to regain the body of a teenager, saw his face ‘blow up’.

Millionaire injects himself in attempt to ‘age backwards’. His face then ‘blows up’

Bryan Johnson wanted to restore volume to his face to counteract his strict vegan diet, which had left him looking gaunt.

  • Benedict Smith
Ozempic ‘alternatives’ are flooding social media.

‘Ozempic alternatives’ are everywhere. Here’s what you should know

Supplements promising similar results to Ozempic have taken over social media, but the TGA and health experts have concerns.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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Harrison Kefford is a Melbourne-based writer living with Crohn’s disease.

‘I knew what sex looked like for me’: Love and dating with Crohn’s

Living with a chronic illness can shroud intimacy and dating in feelings of shame and fear. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Actor Olivia Munn stars in the latest campaign for underwear brand Skims.

‘I’m done being insecure’: Olivia Munn bares mastectomy scars

The actor has spoken about her decision to show her mastectomy scars in the latest campaign for Skims.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Margot Robbie in April, 2024.

No, Margot Robbie hasn’t ‘let herself go’. She’s pregnant

From “pregnancy nose” to bump size, why are we still judging pregnant bodies in 2024?

  • Shona Hendley
Demi Moore in a scene from The Substance.

Why Demi Moore’s body-horror movie is so compelling, despite the truth it’s missing

The Substance exposes brilliantly the tortures women put themselves and their bodies through. It is bleakly true, but there’s a bigger, and happier, truth for all women.

  • Julia Baird

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