Health

Research: 40% of Australians Don’t Wash Their Hands Before Preparing Food

October 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Food Safety Information Council published new research suggesting that more than 20 percent of Australians don’t always clean their hands after going to the toilet. [...]

Is your can of Coke killing you? – Maybe

September 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

You reach for your can of Coke. It’s feels nice and cool, you open it, you hear that fizz and you are anticipating it’s refreshing taste. But, are you drinking [...]

Medical care in Aussie aged care facilities falling behind

May 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE uncoupling of health care from aged care is a worrying trend that “does not serve the rights of older people in residential care to equitable access to health care”, [...]

Words hurt…fat-shaming leads to people hating their own bodies

May 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

“…no human can tame the tongue. It is unruly and injurious…” James 3:8 “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” How [...]

Mothers who smoke more likely to have short daughters

March 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Research done by the Liggins Institute has that a woman Smoking during pregnancy can increase the chance of daughters growing up short and developing obesity as adults by 50 [...]

Men more reluctant to go to the doctor – and it’s putting them at risk

February 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Diana Sanchez, Rutgers University and Mary Himmelstein, University of Connecticut Men can expect to die approximately five years sooner than women, and men are more likely to [...]

Sleep – the best medicine you can get to fight infections

February 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Seriously, who doesn’t love sleep? Sleep is the best thing ever! And for those of us who love sleeping there is now even more good news. Researchers in Germany have [...]

Social media helps stop unhealthy tanning – Just say no!

February 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Say ‘no’ to that golden glow: Social media helps stop unhealthy tanning You are on the beach, you look around and you see all these people just lying there soaking [...]

Sitting kids in front of the TV puts them in the obesity hotseat

February 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Putting the kids in front of the TV is putting them in danger of obesity according to a recent study compared to other activities. This is particularly dangerous for boys who [...]

The real problem with toxic masculinity is that it assumes there is only one way of being a man

February 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

Ashley Morgan, Cardiff Metropolitan University For centuries, male violence and acts of aggression were often the way that power was understood and patriarchy upheld. In [...]