Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Health + Wellbeing

What's your fitness personality?

"We all have individual likes, dislikes, motivations and temperaments, so why shouldn't physical activity reflect this?"
Coffee drinkers 'likely to live longer'

"Coffee contains a thousand things that can affect health, from helpful antioxidants to tiny amounts of substances linked to cancer."
Exercise tips

VIDEOS: HBF exercise physiologist Max Tamatoa explains how to get fit.
Studies check ways to shed kilos

"Drinking red wine, nibbling nuts and having a lovely long sleep may not seem like the ideal recipe for weight loss."
Don't know your good oils from the bad?

"Should we eat margarine or butter? Sunflower, grapeseed or olive oil?"
Tips to help teens cope with stress

"Exams, relationships, hobbies, sport - young people often don't know how to co-ordinate all their activities."
- Calls to spot stressed child carers
Social isolation a threat to health

With an increase in Australians living alone, researchers are trying to gauge how harmful loneliness can be.

Hormone could treat autism

The hormone responsible for causing labour contractions and parental bonding can increase brain function in autistic children, researchers find.
May 25, 2012, 9:07 am
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Seeing past mental illness is a vital step

When Juanita Meredith-Fishwick contemplates the fact her life might be 20 years shorter than the next person's just because she has a mental illness, it makes her mad.
May 24, 2012, 2:00 pm

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Dietary beef with uni students

Is beef a vegetable? Or perhaps even a fruit?
May 24, 2012, 1:45 pm
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Yes, dating is scary - but get out there

The breakup has been over for a while now and your friends are telling you to get back out there and meet a nice guy or girl. But every time you hear it, chills run up your spine.
May 24, 2012, 12:43 pm

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Putu the labrador a frequent flyer

Putu is believed to be Australia's most well-travelled dog after taking his 250th trip on a plane.
May 24, 2012, 11:54 am
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Calls to change donation rules for gay men

Gay men may be able to donate blood six months - rather than a year - after stopping sexual activity if research proves it will not threaten the safety of the blood supply.
May 24, 2012, 11:43 am
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Study focuses on clot-busting drug

People who have suffered severe stroke including those aged over 80 could be treated with a clot-busting drug, researchers involved in the biggest study of the drug say.
May 24, 2012, 9:00 am
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Flu shots may offer pregnancy benefits

Women who get flu shots while pregnant could also be protecting the health of their babies before and after birth, a new study suggests.
May 24, 2012, 8:45 am
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How to embrace the single life

Living alone after a relationship breakdown can be tougher for those who moved straight on from being a "daughter or son" to a "wife or husband" and never had time on their own.
May 24, 2012, 8:41 am

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You'll never wake on your own

For six years, retired Perth accountant Don has had an early morning telephone call from the Red Cross to make sure he has made it out of bed and is on his way.
May 24, 2012, 8:30 am

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Food traps of living alone

There are six common unhealthy eating habits that people of all ages fall into when living alone.
May 24, 2012, 8:25 am

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Joy finds happiness

The 83-year-old is legally blind, has limited movement in her left side after suffering a heart attack and stroke, and has fallen three times and broken bones.
May 24, 2012, 8:20 am

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Don't ignore breast cancer link

Faulty genes are to blame for only about 5 per cent of all breast cancers. However, families are continuing to come forward to discover their level of risk and appear more willing to do something about it.
May 24, 2012, 8:05 am
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After-school activities form well-rounded kids

If you're carting around more than one child to several after-school activities in the hope of rearing learned, talented, self-assured adults, the message from researchers is clear - keep it up, you're on the right track.
May 24, 2012, 7:40 am
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Skin cells used to repair heart

Scientists have taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle.
May 24, 2012, 6:38 am

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Cancer history catalyst for action

Jo Anderson will follow through on the most courageous decision of her life when she goes under the surgeon's knife today to remove both of her breasts.
May 24, 2012, 6:05 am

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Bending ears for children's charity

Bear-ear wearers will be out in force in Perth tomorrow to raise money for Princess Margaret Hospital's Wear a Bear Day.
May 24, 2012, 5:43 am

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Parents bank umbilical cord tissue for stemcell

Australian parents are paying to freeze not just their newborn's umbilical cord blood but also cord tissue with a type of stemcell that could one day be used to regenerate bone and muscle.
May 24, 2012, 2:50 am

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The man who makes kids smile

WA is home to some of our nation's best and most highly regarded medical experts, but how many can lay claim to a perfectly smiling fan club of thousands of children and their families?
May 23, 2012, 1:25 pm

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Divorced dad helps others through pain

Isolated, living and working on a Baldivis rural property following a marriage breakup, Tim Carew-Reid could not handle the pain of being alone with his thoughts while his two small sons slept some nights.
May 23, 2012, 1:00 pm
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