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Health And Wellbeing

JANUARY 2015

Can parents sue the anti-vaxxers for this measles epidemic?
The 5 ways hormones are secretly messing with your body.
Menstrual cramps do NOT look like this.
The one thing you can't forget before your next trip to Bali.
When the first day at school is anything but normal.
6 parts of your body you never knew could age.
An open letter to the pregnant lady downstairs.
UNPOPULAR OPINION: "I'm sick of being told what NOT to say".
The one thing you need to keep your New Year's Resolution.
"This woman looks like my mother. But she is just an echo".
Australia Day: One beautiful story of migration. A metaphor for one million more.
"I could’ve screamed, but the door was locked from the inside."
We don't need to remind gay students they're different. They already know.
Meet the brave mum who delivered her own twin girls - via caesarean.
What you should and shouldn't say to a friend who miscarried.
Jealous of your friend's good news? You're not alone.
This woman's world-saving mission started with 176 sewing machines.
Don’t surrender yourself to the annual January ‘I suck’ campaign.
6 things you might not have realised happen to your body as you age.
A very convincing case against setting goals.
50,000 people don't think this dad deserved to be arrested. Do you?
The video that proves that being fit has nothing to do with looking fit.
Is this the best new app of 2015?
"Going makeup-free allowed me to make peace with my love of makeup."
This anti-bullying video has one powerful message: Be nice. Now.
"This is what to say when your friend says she's fat."
Losing 75% of her leg put this woman on the world stage.
What your friends with cancer want you to know (but are too afraid to tell you).
Do I need vitamins and which ones are right for me?
Love parties AND alone time? You might just be an ambivert.
'My best friends judged me over a hypothetical abortion'.
Taking the ugly out of being sick: Chronically ill woman gets glamorous in hospital.
Martin Pistorius was a prisoner in his body for 12 years, unable to move or speak.
How to save a choking baby: Watching this 40 second video could help you save a life.
"I'm slowly experiencing true grief for the first time."
When love feels heavy.
The airline refused to make the announcement - even though it meant the difference between life and death.
The pornographication of fitness needs to stop immediately.
People think that riders are risk-taking criminals. But they're not.
Elizabeth Gilbert: "Be kind to other women."
Could this be the worst sister ever?
Pinchapoo wants you to steal hotel toiletries. For a good cause, obviously.
Dave McCaffery lost his precious baby daughter to an infection that should have been preventable.
This woman is a danger to children. And she's coming to Australia.
Why are autism rates rising? Science says it's got absolutely nothing to do with vaccines.
"Special needs, love at first sight and why I am proud to be Hannah's mum".
Finally. Some new year's resolutions actually worth making.
This post is for all the motherless daughters out there.
"What my pretty little head learned spending a week as a 1950s housewife."
Sexist, painful, traumatising. Virginity 'tests' are real and still happening in 2015.
The 7 habits of chronically unhappy people.
The excuse 20% of women use to get out of exercise.
Bra shopping sh!ts me. This is why.
Why 2014 really was the year of Australian women in sport.
Is cancer really the best way to die? This doctor thinks so.
The petition to recognise the name of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn.
"I got hypnotised. And it was downright creepy."
9 steps to a healthier you in 2015 (that are achievable and not utterly ridiculous).

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