Pet Therapy For Children With Autism

A highly trained dog is best therapy and best friend for Clare Timmins’ son, Liam, who has autism....

27 November, 2019

Chickenpox: a common viral illness but risky too

Chickenpox is a mild and common childhood illness. However, pregnant women, newborn babies and people with a weakened immune system may also be at risk. Chickenpox is highly contagious to people who have never had chickenpox before, or who have not been vaccinated. You can also...

27 November, 2019

My Baby is Sick…Checklist

Dr Sam Tormey provides a simple Checklist to look at the signs of sickness in infants. There is a very simple checklist of the basic life functions of a baby to run through when illness strikes: is the baby breathing, sleeping, playing, feeding, weeing and pooing...

13 November, 2019

Chlamydia found in testes of men with infertility

Professor Ken Beagley, the Queensland immunologist who helped bring us the chlamydia vaccine for koalas has had another breakthrough, this time providing the first evidence of chlamydia in the testes of men with infertility. Around 30 to 40% of men who are infertile don’t know why....

08 November, 2019

A Life Less Lived: Loss and Motherhood

Jeanie Baxter strives to move beyond the boundaries set by the early death of her mother. This year, I am older than my mother ever was. I am living in time that she never experienced. I watch my eldest daughter move into her mid-teens and know...

05 November, 2019

Mental ill-health and suicide cost Australia nearly $500 million per day

Mental ill-health and suicide cost Australia nearly $500 million per day The Productivity Commission estimates that mental ill-health and suicide are costing Australia up to $180 billion per year and treatment and services are not meeting community expectations. "Mental ill-health has huge impacts on people, communities and...

31 October, 2019

5 Ways To Recognise Mental Health Issues In Your Child

What do you do if you think your child has a mental illness?...

31 October, 2019

Allergic To The 21st Century:The Nature of Allergies

Part one of Dr Sam Tormey's examination of the nature of allergies and our growing propensity to suffer from them. Such a dramatic rise in the prevalence of allergies suggests that a change in the modern environment is to blame, rather than a change in the...

23 October, 2019

simple vegetable sushi from Donna Hay

Here is a simple and appealing vegie snack that is easy to make. Ingredients 8 sheets toasted nori 125g (4½ oz) baby spinach leaves 3 cucumbers, halved and sliced lengthways 3 carrots, peeled and grated or shredded using a julienne peeler 2 avocados, thickly sliced ⅔ cup (10g/¼ oz) mint leaves ⅔ cup...

23 October, 2019

Germ Crimes: True or False

As family life increasingly unfolds around the hub of the home – the kitchen – just how much of a germ warrior do you really need to be? Ed Halmagyi, chef, parent and author of An hour’s the limit, Good Food in less than 60...

15 October, 2019