Aug 16, 2024 | Healthy Living, What We're Talking About
Justin Keogh, Bond University and Jackson Fyfe, Deakin University The science is clear: resistance training is crucial to ageing well. Lifting weights (or doing bodyweight exercises like lunges, squats or push-ups) can help you live independently for longer, make your...
Aug 16, 2024 | Seasonal Health, What We're Talking About
Natasha Yates, Bond University You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed? Most respiratory illnesses have very similar symptoms at the start: sore throat,...
Aug 8, 2024 | Healthy Living, What We're Talking About
Michael Freeman, Bond University Social media is full of claims that everyday habits can harm your skin. It’s also full of recommendations or advertisements for products that can protect you. Now social media has blue light from our devices in its sights. So can...
Aug 8, 2024 | What We're Talking About
Mark Slee, Flinders University and Anthony Khoo, Flinders University Migraine is many things, but one thing it’s not is “just a headache”. “Migraine” comes from the Greek word “hemicrania”, referring to the common experience of migraine being predominantly one-sided....
Aug 8, 2024 | Diet and Weightloss - News, What We're Talking About
Emily Burch, Southern Cross University and Lauren Ball, The University of Queensland If you spend any time looking at diet and lifestyle content on social media, you may well have encountered a variety of weight loss “hacks”. One of the more recent trends is a...
Jul 30, 2024 | Medicines, No Silly Questions, Sponsored Content
Cheaper but just as safe and effective, lesser known brands of over the counter medicines offer greater choice in how you spend your healthcare dollars What is the difference between lesser known and brand name medicines? While lesser known and brand name medicines...
Jul 18, 2024 | Healthy Living, What We're Talking About
Rob Edinburgh, University of Bath Exercise is recommended for people who are overweight or obese as a way to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But people don’t always have time to exercise as much as they would like, so...
Jul 18, 2024 | Diet and Weightloss, What We're Talking About
Tina Hinton, University of Sydney; Nial Wheate, University of Sydney, and Rebecca Roubin, University of Sydney The latest health trend on TikTok has been dubbed “nature’s own Ozempic”. It’s the herbal preparation berberine. Influencers have been enthusiastically...
Jul 3, 2024 | Menopause Symptoms, The Third Act
Susan Davis, Monash University Despite decades of research, navigating menopause seems to have become harder – with conflicting information on the internet, in the media, and from health care providers and researchers. Adding to the uncertainty, a recent series in the...
Jun 28, 2024 | The Third Act
It typically starts in your 40s and its symptoms can be debilitating, so why do we women know so little about perimenopause? Looking back, it’s easy for Rebecca Clancy to see that her symptoms were the result of perimenopause. Crippling anxiety. Broken sleep....
