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.
Health
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.
Radical new approach to beating back pain
Intense exercise – at least once a week – is the key to warding off joint and muscle pain in later life, according to a study. But there are other ways to protect yourself.
Sexy TikTok videos take toll on teen girls
Sudden social media fame is catching teenagers off guard, leaving many unprepared for the attention they thought they wanted.
Confessions of a solitary man
Seven years ago, after 25 years of marriage, my wife and I separated. So began the quest to find meaning and purpose in solitude.
Smokers, apnoea a fatal mix
Smokers who suffer from sleep apnoea spend longer than non-smokers at ‘dangerously low’ oxygen levels during their sleep, increasing their risk of cardiovascular death.
Why you should eat more bread
Awesome news for carb lovers: cutting out bread may not cut the kilos. Some breads prove a magic bullet for blasting body fat.
How do we tell them this is not normal sex?
‘Choking is mainstream now. And hitting….’ That bleak little nugget came from a 20-year-old friend, in a talk about consent.
Living in the fallout zone of Mr Fluffy’s invisible misery
Not all disasters are equal. Some are wet and wild, some are cyclonic or fiery. The disaster that has settled over Canberra can’t be seen or smelt, but it is insidious.
Super flu vaccine gets the go-ahead
A new type of cell-based influenza vaccine is available this winter that promises to be much more effective than protein-based flu jabs grown in eggs.
Diagnosed with insomnia? Here’s how I get more sleep
In my quest for beauty sleep, I’ve tried everything from aromatherapy and melatonin to acupressure and camomile tea. But alas. Each temporary fix has been exactly that: a passing relief.
Even the best skaters get badly hurt
Cold, slippery and unyielding, ice is a lethal surface to play sports on. Even the best skaters get badly hurt when they fall.
What would you do?
A performer collapses on stage. A person is racially abused on a bus. A crashed car with two people trapped inside is about to go up in flames… Do you stand back or step up?
He survived COVID-19 … and he has a warning
Joe Tannous spent 10 days on a ventilator in an induced coma. But nothing could have prepared him for what comes after COVID-19.
Life of the party girl: denial to sobriety
In 2017, Bryony Gordon woke up after a friend’s 40th birthday party with a man who was not her husband. Hers may be the most searing account of alcoholism you’ll read.
Crash diets do a fat lot of good
A new book shows counting calories and switching to processed foods is wrecking our bodies.
Rich and rare: Lowy takes stock
Even for Australia’s richest, not everything is attainable and for Frank Lowy, one commodity has eluded him.
Longer lives may not go swimmingly
Of the gains to our life expectancy in the past three decades, a disproportionate amount has been in years of less than full health.
How to live well in your final decade
Health-adjusted life expectancy tells us how many of our final years we can actually expect to enjoy.
Sex, vibes and influencers
An expose turned Byron Bay’s ‘utopia’ into a joke, but can an outsider ever understand it?
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