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What is lactose and what role does it play in the gut?

A male gynaecologist answers the weekend's strangest question: Why do you do your job?

"I’ve been 36 for about 6 years now." Why I have always lied about my age.

Anastasia Lambadaridis Heggie

'I lie about leaving the office to see my therapist. It feels like the only choice.'

"I watched a piece of her die every day." Scott Bond lost his wife Andrea to melanoma.

'No one else has had this problem before.' How I burnt out while training to be a surgeon.

Dr Yumiko Kadota

"I know we have won the lottery of uncertainty." A man's raw letter to his dying wife.

Georgie Dent was at breaking point when her doctor called her 'a cappuccino girl'.

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"It was my eldest sister who hugged me and said the three words 'you have cancer'."

Megan thought she was "losing her mind". It turns out she was suffering from PMS, magnified by 15,000.

The 3 reasons you always have to pee right before bed, even if you literally just went.

Cow patties, goat skin skirts: 4 women from around the world share how they manage their periods.

'As a nurse, I dropped the ball on my own health. Then I was diagnosed with bowel cancer.'

EXPLAINER: We find out if the use-by date on your sunscreen matters.

"I had to walk in my bikini with my scars": What it's like to be a model with incontinence.

Valentina Todoroska

‘I asked an expert my 6 most pressing questions about freezing my eggs. Here’s what she said.’

Sinead started to feel faint when exercising. Then she noticed a pain in her pelvis.

Influencers are endorsing pills that claim to change the taste of your vagina and... no.

Three women with low dietary iron intake share their advice for handling it.

Valentina Todoroska

Think what you like about Kanye West. But he's doing us a favour by talking about bipolar.

Parents are attempting to 'cure' their child's Autism with industrial bleach. It's putting lives at risk.

"They're brittle and break." The $5 Kmart dog toy vets are urging owners to throw out.

Mark was strong, fit and bubbly. Two weeks ago he caught the flu. He died last Monday.

'I'm 15, I go to an all boys school, and I'm transitioning into a girl.'

Three children have now died. The choice to receive the flu vaccine isn’t just about you.

'I sent my poo to a gut health lab to evaluate my diet. This is what I found out.'

Louise Wedgwood

"I lived in a permanent state of panic": It took Emma two years to realise she had career burnout.

Nutrition

Five things to eat when you're trying to get pregnant (and what your partner should eat too).

"I wouldn't be in the industry if I didn't love my cows": The reality of working on a dairy farm.

STOP IT: The 'healthier' Coconut Rough perfect for your mid-arvo snack is here.

Here's 4 healthy dessert recipes for Easter your chocolate coma self with thank you for.

'The pregnancy vitamin shake that means I don’t have to battle morning sickness.'

What you need to know about L-Theanine, the supplement Taylor Swift takes for anxiety.

Sophie Falkiner has a rule she follows when packing her kids' lunchboxes.

Sophie Falkiner

FACT CHECK: Is it better to eat pizza for breakfast than cereal? A nutritionist answers.

'I was a bit sick last year.' Kyle Sandilands has opened up about living a 'different life' in 2019.

Jessica Chambers

The sneaky meal prep mistake you're probably making - and how to fix it.

"I tried Chris Hemsworth's fitness app for a week and here's what I discovered."

"We don't want to host murderers." A vegan bride has shared furious rant at wedding guests.

Five things to eat when you're trying to get pregnant (and what your partner should eat too).

We asked five experts: is vegetarianism healthier?

The Conversation

Sophie Falkiner has a rule she follows when packing her kids' lunchboxes.

Sophie Falkiner

"My junk is funky." 'Keto crotch' is another excellent reason not to cut out carbs.

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Mental Health

'I lie about leaving the office to see my therapist. It feels like the only choice.'

Georgie Dent was at breaking point when her doctor called her 'a cappuccino girl'.

"We're keeping his light alive." Guy Sebastian on the loss that inspired his new song.

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'Feeling humiliated': Australia's Next Top Model's Taylah Roberts shares her experience of Fashion Week.

Andrew Denton on the time he had to step away from his show to deal with his mental health.

"I took a five-minute 'drinking audit' to see if I drink too much. I got rated 'risky'."

Queensland's winter sun isn't really a 'winter' sun. Here's why we should care.

Kellie Scott switched from one Pill to another. That's when her hair fell out.

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"10 voices in your head." The reality of living with Borderline Personality Disorder.

Fat, sugar, additives? A dietitian gives us the definitive answer on what's in dairy.

"To the rest of the world, I look like a flake. But this is what you can't see."

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