ONE in three current and former athletes are struggling with troubling relationships to food and worsening body image during the pandemic, according to new research published by Swinburne University. The University’s lead researcher Dr Georgina Buckley found current and former athletes are…
The more outrageous your lipstick colour, the more someone will remark on it.
Good or bad doesn’t matter.…
IT took several months of GPs and specialists saying everything was completely fine before Samantha Dennoui first took her son Noah to Monash Children’s Hospital Cancer Centre. “Noah came to me with a little lump right under his collarbone that you really,…
STRESS, mental health, and body image are the most common concerns for Australia’s young people aged 15 to 19, with one in four experiencing mental health challenges, reports Mission Australia’s Youth Survey. The psychological distress in young people in Australia fifth biennial…
TODAY is Daffodil Day and Dawn Cunningham, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, is on a mission. She is honouring her late son and mother’s memory, who both passed away from cancer, to encourage Australians to donate to Cancer Council to fund…
DEBRA Australia has launched Youth Crew for people aged 12-22 living with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). The program will take place on a private Facebook group page, where support for the rare skin disease can be accessed. Ambassador of DEBRA Australia, Dean Clifford…
Speech Pathology Week, from 22-28 August, aims to raise awareness of communication disability for the 1.2 million Australians who struggle to converse. SEVENTY-year-old David George*, a retired naval architect of 45 years, suffered a stroke during his sleep. The next morning…
AUSTRALIAN parents want their kids vaccinated and back at school, according to a national poll by UNICEF. The results, released on August 11, 2021, found parents were overwhelmingly concerned about the academic effects of extended periods in lockdown. Learning loss was a…
DEMAND for support services for new parents has soared over the past year as COVID-19 has created additional anxiety and crisis for families. COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions are placing additional stress on parents dealing with the grief of losing a child, forcing…
ENGINEERED stone benchtops might be reaping savings and prestige for many new homeowners and renovators, but they also wreak a terrible human toll on stonemasons. The workers who cut, drill, grind and polish the artificial stone to produce these benchtops, often without…
