Perhaps the youngsters who want to ‘quiet-quit’ have it right. Why tether yourself to a master-slave work regime? But then again, pressure can be, for good or ill, a way of life.
It’s not a clinical term but rather another example of social media making a problem out of something that in many cases is likely quite innocent.
Frailty is one of the main reasons our health system is under strain. But we should not accept it as something that just happens as you age, says the Australian expert about to lead a Lancet commission on the condition.
Australians are trying to take their health into their own hands, but many are giving up, making quick purchases rather than building up habits.
Devised by Harvard scientists, FaceAge assesses your health — even how long you will live — from a photograph. But is that desirable?
The rock singer, songwriter and author, 69, speaks on fitness, wellbeing, alcohol and drug use and managing severe pain on Cold Chisel’s most recent tour.
The ‘stress hormone’ can alter our metabolism and lead to long-term health issues. So should we be trying to lower its levels?
Sue Woodall was left out of work and feeling purposeless after her breast cancer battle, but believes other cancer battlers should not have to sacrifice their vocations in pursuit of good health.
The Australian Privacy Commissioner is drawing up an online privacy code for children that could grant them the right to delete data gleaned from gaming or educational apps.
Too often, people think the best thing to do is conserve their mental energy, and do less. That isn’t going to help.
Ozempic and other drugs in the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) category are showing promise for an ever-expanding list of diseases beyond weight loss and treating diabetes.
Could ‘anti-ageing’ products aimed at women reverse some of the damage years of sun and surgery had done to my face?
Curating and embarking on week-long walks with friends in some of the world’s most exotic locations is one of top Australian businessman Peter Yates’ biggest pleasures.
Female teachers have described how schoolboys had groped them, air-dropped porn to their work laptops, and taunted them with comments about rape and sexual acts.
If his fat-burning coffee wasn’t left-field enough, now Dave Asprey is on a quest to achieve near-immortality.
It may be time to rethink creatine. The popular workout supplement could be good for bone, brain and muscle health.
A daily dose of vitamin D3 could help to reduce age-related DNA damage that is linked to cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Everyone says me and my dad are doppelgangers. If I age like him, that would be fine with me.
Everyday moments of awe-inspiring wonder may offer a simple, drug-free boost to mental health, a study suggests
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Patient safety should never come second to cultural problems in the health care sector.
Known by its fans as ‘physie’, physical culture is a homegrown dance sport with a long history. How does it keep attracting thousands of female-only participants each year?
Seven in 10 people will have neck pain at some time in their lives. But there are ways you can relieve it.
A company linked to two men behind troubled disability care provider Cocoon SDA Care failed multiple NDIS accreditation audits four years ago.
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