Sep 4, 2024 | Hearing Health, Mental Health News, What We're Talking About
Vanessa Letico, Victoria University The alarming rise in reports of domestic violence and intimate-partner homicides has led to increased media attention and heightened awareness in our communities. We know perpetrators have evolved too, adapting their abusive methods...
Aug 23, 2024 | Menopause Symptoms, The Third Act
Yvonne Middlewick, Edith Cowan University Around half of the world’s population are women or people who menstruate – yet the way their body works can be a mystery, even to them. Most women will experience periods roughly every month, many will go through childbirth...
Aug 23, 2024 | Kids and Teens Health, What We're Talking About
Nick Fuller, University of Sydney If you’re a parent, you’ll be well-acquainted with one of the more hotly debated parenting topics: screen time and kids. On the one hand, screen time helps kids learn, develop creativity and supports social interaction and connection....
Aug 23, 2024 | Healthy Eating, What We're Talking About
Sarah Dickie, Deakin University; Julie Woods, Deakin University; Mark Lawrence, Deakin University, and Priscila Machado, Deakin University For years, the term “junk food” has been used to refer to foods considered bad for you, and not very nutritious. But junk can...
Aug 23, 2024 | Healthy Eating, What We're Talking About
Sinead Roberts, University of Westminster One of TikTok’s latest health trends is the “30-30-30” method. This involves eating 30g protein within 30 minutes of waking up – shortly followed by 30 minutes of low to moderate-intensity cardio. Proponents of the 30-30-30...
Aug 23, 2024 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, What We're Talking About
Peter Breadon, Grattan Institute and Anika Stobart, Grattan Institute Too many older Australians are missing out on recommended vaccinations for COVID, flu, shingles and pneumococcal that can protect them from serious illness, hospitalisation and even death. A new...
Aug 23, 2024 | Kids and Teens Health, What We're Talking About
Elizabeth Jane Elliott, University of Sydney As a mother, I know the dread of hearing a gastro bug is going around the daycare, school or netball team. Diarrhoea and vomiting can stun a healthy child for days and wreak havoc on a family for weeks. As a paediatrician,...
Aug 23, 2024 | Dementia, What We're Talking About
Steve Macfarlane, Monash University There was disagreement on social media recently after a story was published about an aged care provider creating “fake-away” burgers that mimicked those from a fast-food chain, to a resident living with dementia. The man had such...
Aug 16, 2024 | Diet and Weightloss, What We're Talking About
Vivienne Lewis, University of Canberra “Food noise” or thinking about food constantly is not helpful to anyone’s mental health and wellbeing. When we become obsessed with any one line of thought (in this case, food), we can become consumed by it and it’s very hard to...
Aug 16, 2024 | Kids and Teens Health, What We're Talking About
Rebecca English, Queensland University of Technology In a piece in The Conversation, Bernadette Saunders described positive discipline. Parents who practise positive discipline or gentle parenting use neither rewards nor punishments to encourage their children to...
