Ozempic: the obesity debate that’s dividing doctors
Mel Sexton weighed 163kg before she began using weight-loss drug Ozempic. The results were astonishing. It’s being hailed as the answer to obesity — but some doctors argue it’s an all-too-easy fix.
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Australia’s LGBTQ+ game changers
From actors and athletes to politicians, performers and beyond, we take a look at some of the most prominent LGBTQ+ game changers.
Two women, a DNA test and the gift of finally knowing Dad
Two girls are born in different states, three years apart. More than half a century later, they ask for the same birthday present. What follows will change their lives.
The punishing reality of a middle-aged IVF dream
Seven years, 31 IVF attempts and $250,000. Suvi Mahonen, 48, and her doctor husband stopped at nothing to have a baby. But how far is too far?
How miracle baby Spencer survived Putin’s invasion
Baby Spencer – seven long years in the making – is the result of an epic IVF odyssey and extreme rendition of the rollercoaster ride tens of thousands of Australians embark on each year.
Gas groups challenge report’s asthma alert
The country’s leading gas organisations have questioned fresh research by Asthma Australia claiming gas cooktops pose as much risk to household occupants as second-hand smoking.
Try a breath of fresh air
Bushfires, thunderstorm asthma and of course Covid-19 have made it imperative to get the best air filtration.
Back or knee pain? Then it’s your duty to build that booty
Desk bound workers need to make time to exercise those gluteal muscles, or risk ‘dead butt’ syndrome.
How to lose belly fat in seven weeks
Groundbreaking research has found that combining time-restricted eating with HIIT workouts can have dramatic results.
How to protect your memory
Adjusting your diet to take in more flavonoid-rich foods can give the mind a lift. Here are the items to add to your shopping list.
How to spend half as much time at the gym
While many believe lifting weights is key to increasing muscle strength and size, new research shows there is a more effective way.
Boomers advance on aged care
Ageing baby boomers could see demand for high-end aged-care surge by 9 per cent annually for the next two decades, with nursing home beds set to almost double to 350,000.
Cold, hard facts point to winter swimmers’ health secret
The secret to combating a growing waistline, more energy and better health could be as simple as an icy dip on a cold winter’s day.
The cruel disease hiding in Paul Green’s brain
There were no signs. Rugby league great Paul Green’s life was full. But in her first interview since her husband took his life at the age of just 49, Amanda Green finally has some answers.
ADHD shake-up: GPs to prescribe stimulants
GPs will be able to prescribe controlled stimulant medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder under a proposed shake-up by ADHD health experts.
Head Noise
A rugby league superstar discovers the truth about what football has done to his brain – and faces up to deeply confronting questions about risk, reward, masculinity and responsibility.
Paracetamol pregnancy risk far from certain: experts
Medical experts in Australia have cast doubt on the reliability of a study that links paracetamol use in pregnancy with sleep and attention problems in children.
‘Grossest miscarriage of justice since Lindy Chamberlain’
With scientists weighing in on the vexed case of convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg, will she finally be released?
Legal overhaul call as sciences develop
Australia’s most distinguished science body is calling for an overhaul of the way in which scientific evidence, and expert scientific witnesses, are used in the legal system.
Star’s devastating struggle: ‘My head was like a scrambled egg’
In his rugby career Michael Lipman took head knocks in his stride. Now, aged 42 and suffering dementia, he’s paying a terrible price.
Men get the zing back in their lives
Aggressive prostate cancer has been said to leave men with an impossible choice: treat it and cease to be men, or don’t – and cease to be.
The B vitamins that boost your mood and fend off anxiety
People who eat vegemite are less likely to become stressed or depressed than those who don’t.
One in seven Australians now take antidepressants but are they working?
Depression may not be caused by a serotonin deficiency but boy do SSRIs work.
The circle of life beats on
Harnessing the capacity of a newborn’s heart to repair itself holds the key to new treatments for congenital cardiac disease.
Take a walk on the wild side
A harbourside hike takes in urban wilderness and links to the land’s ancestral past.
Germaine’s life as an aged-care ‘inmate’
After returning to Australia to sell her home, Germaine Greer, 83, put herself into aged care last year. As Covid lockdowns came and went, she was at times ‘not a patient, but an inmate’.
Australia’s best inland swimming holes
Our dazzling beaches get all the attention, but Australia is awash with inland options for taking the plunge.
‘We’ve created a new family’
When you take seniors isolated from family and children craving a grandparent’s devotion, wonderful things can happen.
Bub’s the word with help of new tech
An Australian artificial intelligence program designed to screen the quality of embryos during IVF is reducing the time and cost involved in achieving the pregnancy.
‘Being a parent was never really on the cards. Until it was’
Parents who live with disability share their fears, challenges and triumphs.
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