Some of us (yes, me included) are so obsessed with staying fit and getting our 150 minutes of moderate exercise in a week, that it’s just downright inconvenient when we get a cold. But will we make it worse by exercising? Now the bottom line is how sick you are and...
Jet lag is caused by your body clocks being ‘out of sync’ when you land in another time zone. It can mess with your sleeping, and in some people, feeling out of sorts for a few days. Not everyone is bothered by jet lag, so the symptoms are not inevitable. The more...
A recent review of the evidence found that the pill has a pregnancy rate of between 4 and 7% per year of use, often related to missing doses. Long-acting contraception such as an IUD or an implant has a pregnancy rate of less than 1% per year. For every 100 women...
Misleading, to say the least A new study has raised warnings about the contraception advice being handed out in Tik Tok videos which are being viewed billions of times. Most Australian TikTok users fall within the 18-24 demographic, a group that is typically sexually...
Junk food is not the same as ultra processed food since not all ultra processed foods are harmful. For example, while infant milk formulas are ultra processed, they’re designed to match a baby’s nutritional needs in the absence of breast feeding. Protein supplements...
