How would you know if someone close to you was depressed? Could you mistake their symptoms for lack of motivation, whinging or even laziness? Would you wish, or even tell them, they should just over … [Read more...]
More Women diagnosed with asbestos related diseases
Louise Williams is 57 and has been battling the deadly asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma in the hope of beating the odds and staying alive, so that she can continue to raise awareness of the danger … [Read more...]
Addicted to being Busy
When people ask how you are, is your standard response “Good thanks, I’m so busy”? It seems we rate the importance of our lives by how busy we are – as if this is a good thing. ‘Busy’ is more than a … [Read more...]
Top Tips to get Beach Body Beautiful for Summer
Looking great in a bikini was all the motivation 40 year old Marina Sestan (pictured) needed to shed 30kg in 6 months with The Biggest Loser Club. After giving birth to twins, Marina's weight … [Read more...]
Smokers need help to quit not punishment and ridicule
Across Australia retailers are replacing branded cigarette packets with that 'dark and sinister' looking plain packaging we've all heard so much about. Personally, I couldn't care less about the … [Read more...]
Want Work Life Balance? Reflect, Rest and Reset in ‘The Third Space’
I was walking out of the Vibe hotel in North Sydney when my mobile phone rang. The voice on the end of the line was a very familiar one, it was the voice of a friend who is an SAS soldier. What was … [Read more...]
Viagra for Women being trialed in Australia
Researchers at Monash University are looking to recruit women from Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide to take part in a new drug trial for the treatment of anorgasmia. The drug trial, which hopes … [Read more...]
Cows Milk that protects Women against HIV
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed cows’ milk that protects human cells from HIV. The next step will be to develop it into a cream that women can apply to protect themselves … [Read more...]
Why the War on Obesity is a Gender Issue
The ‘war on obesity’ is becoming personalised as the ‘fight against fat women’ says Women’s Health Victoria, who is calling for greater understanding and awareness of the link between women’s mental … [Read more...]
Author Karen Tyrrell Talks about her Battle with Bipolar Disorder
Brisbane schoolteacher Karen Tyrrell will never forget that fateful morning in February 2003 when student Allie Broadhurst (not her real name) walked into her classroom with her parents. “I withdrew … [Read more...]
Mental Health Week and World Mental Health Day 2012
Mental Health Week 2012 kicks off today and in the lead up to World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2012, Australian Women Online will be doing our bit to raise public awareness of mental health … [Read more...]
Celebrity Women Show their Support for Girls Night In 2012
Neighbours actress Gemma Pranita, Home & Away actress Rhiannon Fish, radio and television presenter Charli Robinson, Channel Nine News presenter Alison Ariotti, celebrity chef Karen Martini, Nashville … [Read more...]
Pink Golf Day
Golf clubs around Australia are invited to ‘pink up’ this October by participating in Breast Cancer Network Australia’s (BCNA) Pink Golf Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With an … [Read more...]
What’s the Energy Rating of Your Breakfast?
Does your breakfast keep you feeling full until lunch time? Or are you hungry again by the time you’ve washed your breakfast bowl? When people ask me what they should be looking for in a healthy … [Read more...]
Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs
Are you confused about whether carbs are good for you or bad for you? With so many confusing messages in the media, it seems like a lot of people are. Let me explain why this topic can be confusing … [Read more...]
Register4 Online Breast Cancer Community to fast track a cure
Helping researchers find suitable people for their projects is what the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s online community, Register4 is all about. Delivering on its promise to help researchers to … [Read more...]
Take a seat at the World’s Largest Makeup Class
Update 21 Sept 2012: Aussies set New World Record for World’s Largest Makeup Class Priceline and Bourjois will be attempting to set a new a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest makeup class … [Read more...]
Fertility Week 3 – 9 September 2012
Only a third of Australians know when is the best time in a woman’s cycle to have sex in order to conceive, and only 20 per cent know the age at which a woman’s fertility starts to decline. During … [Read more...]
Fifty Shades of Midlife
This year Jean Hailes for Women's Health will again use internet technology to reach thousands of women across Australia. Jean Hailes third annual community webcast, Fifty Shades of Midlife – mood, … [Read more...]
Massage Therapist demands sex industry stop using the word ‘massage’
Following recent discussion in the media about the prevalence of brothels using the term 'massage' to advertise their services, the owner of a national chain of mobile day spas is speaking out, … [Read more...]
Common Lifestyle Dysfunctions and How to Manage Them
Most of the aches and pains associated with lower back pain, neck pain, upper back pain, sore knees etc., are classified as a lifestyle dysfunction. These are often related to work conditions, … [Read more...]
New Website Connects Australian Women with Leading Breast Surgeons
A new, free service is helping women who are considering having plastic surgery to connect with plastic surgeons in their local area who have achieved expertise in breast surgery. Breast.com.au is … [Read more...]
Wheatgrass: Go Green to Beat the Winter Blues
With winter firmly upon us, a lot of Aussies will be worried about whether their immune systems are up to the challenge. Outside of the balmy north, temperatures around the country have dropped and … [Read more...]
Acupause: Investigating Acupuncture for Hot Flushes
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, The University of Melbourne, RMIT University and Southern Cross University are collaborating to put acupuncture to the test. The Acupause trial is now recruiting women … [Read more...]
How sugar damages your health and why it’s so hard to resist
Reports from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)¹ reveal that Australians’ consumption of sugar (50kg per capita per year) exceeds that of the USA and European countries. … [Read more...]
Is having a family making you fat?
New data from leading health business Bupa shows that young parents under 40 are showing dangerously high levels of obesity, compared to people of the same age who are single or don’t have kids. The … [Read more...]
Budgeting for Health and Wellbeing
Did you know a financial plan may also boost your health? Household budgeting can be challenging, but it could help to safeguard your family's health and wellbeing. Most mums are all too aware of how … [Read more...]
Your Olympics Juice Party Guide
Australia was once described by revered intellectual Donald Horne as "the lucky country". With its endless coastline, its rich natural resources and wonderful climate, Australia certainly has a lot … [Read more...]
Bowel Habits: What’s Normal and What’s Not
Bowel habits vary between people, and can change with time. Not all changes indicate disease, but some should be discussed with a doctor. Frequency Anything from several times in a day to a few times … [Read more...]
Forget Dieting Live Well: simple lifestyle changes to help you avoid a lifetime of dieting
Dieting, if it helps at all, is a short-term fix: Almost everyone who goes on a weight loss diet regains any weight they lost (and more) within two years. For long-term and sustainable results, say … [Read more...]
Your Fertility – how age and lifestyle affect your ability to have kids
Your Fertility is a new campaign to empower all Australians who want to have children, or want more children, with information that will help maximize their chances. The Your Fertility website … [Read more...]
Sizism: why overweight Aussies are turning on each other
According to a new study the overweight and obese in this country are quick to judge whenever they see other overweight people eating in public. You would think being overweight themselves, they … [Read more...]
New Research for World Sleep Day reveals Australians choose Sleep over Sex
March 16 is World Sleep Day and new research reveals that 60% of Australians would take a good night's sleep over a night of passion, with women most likely to take sleep over sex. The new research … [Read more...]
Stop, Breathe, Connect – a lesson for us all from a loving husband
By Gillian Batt, Director of Cancer Information Support Services, Cancer Council NSW Sometimes it takes a serious illness to highlight what’s truly important. As we live our lives, myself included, … [Read more...]
Root cause of Dental Phobia
Women in their forties are more likely to have dental anxiety than any other age group according to a University of Sydney study into dental anxiety and phobia. Now in its fifth year, the … [Read more...]
‘A Life I did Not Want’ a personal experience of depression
Depression is not a modern-day illness. It has existed as long as written history and probably for as long as humans were conscious of how they felt. Even from the time of Hippocrates, it was a … [Read more...]
7 healthy habits of happy kids
There's been some interesting research and studies conducted of late that give parents more of an insight into some of the challenges our children are facing. For starters, The Good Childhood Report … [Read more...]
Ready, set and go! Top tips to encourage kids to be more active
Lifestyles have changed so much compared to a generation ago. When we were growing up it wasn't uncommon to be playing street cricket with the neighbourhood kids, til late, riding our bikes for hours … [Read more...]
Chronic Depression
One in five Australians will experience an episode of depression during their lifetime. The majority will seek treatment or experience what is known as a spontaneous remission¹ and then get on with … [Read more...]
Endometriosis Awareness Week
Teenage girls with endometriosis are not diagnosed early enough and are too often left trying to manage the painful, sometimes debilitating symptoms without support. March 5th to 11th 2012 is … [Read more...]
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