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OCTOBER 2016

The definitive list of in-flight beauty essentials every smart traveller needs.
Alyse Brautigam found out what happens when you don't wear deodorant for an entire year.
Can exercise really help to cure a hangover?
Forget hangover cures - these five things will actually make you feel worse.
Maternity unit included in Perth measles alert, after second confirmed case in a week.
'The happiest couples talk about poo. I know - I had to do it in the first month of our love.'
Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons share more details about how they revived their marriage.
The best day to start a workout plan you'll actually stick to.
‘When you're a mum, you just can't be nude around your sons.’
"It’s easier to be a fat man than a fat woman."
"I feel isolated even in her company: what it's really like to care for my mum with dementia."
A dietitian puts extreme 'clean eating' claim to the test - and the results aren't pretty.
"Why I cheated on Sam Wood."
Why you should never eat your morning tea in the toilet.
Georgia Love and Lee Elliott speak for the first time since last night's shock Bachelorette finale.
Imogen and Tennille were like any other kids. Then their lives were touched by cancer - twice.
"At 27, with an 18-month-old son, I was diagnosed with breast cancer."
The moving campaign that's challenging what it means to 'be a man'.
Eve's parents were told to say goodbye to their day-old daughter. But she lived.
"Why I feed my toddler formula."
Survivor winner Kristie opens up about her "very, very intense" anxiety attacks.
Shannen Doherty's heartbreaking cancer confession: "Sometimes it feels like you won't make it."
8 things only the gluten-intolerant will understand.
$400,000 could be the difference between life and death for six-year-old Ivy.
Seven experts on the health trends that will be massive in 2017.
"Stop calling me obese. My weight has nothing to do with diet and exercise."
For years, bullies made Martha's life a living hell. Now she's Australia's Strongest Woman.
Guy who told menstruating women to "control ur bladder" cops a blow from his girlfriend.
Vivianne was bitten by a tick. Within minutes she was unconscious.
The comments about a baby that have parents furious with radio host Kate Ritchie.
Sometimes we need to remember the small moments, just to get through the day.
Rising number of Year 12 students seek special provisions for exam anxiety, depression.
6 types of vaginal discharge and what they can tell you about your health.
The topic young women aren't allowed to talk about. And it's a big mistake.
Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia explains how the show affected his mental health.
How listening to music could help you beat insomnia.
"I didn't apply sunscreen to the one place it mattered, until it was too late."
How is self-examination helping us to detect breast cancer earlier?
"I was kicked out of a wedding for being insecure about my weight."
I was junk food shamed by a five-year-old.
'These are the things you should never say to a woman struggling with infertility. Trust me.'
Mack Horton has mole removed, thanks anonymous fan for 'good call' emailing tip.
Can the bacteria in our gut affect our eating habits and weight?
Victoria's health minister has shared the brutal abuse she cops from anti-vaxxers.
Eight things no one tells you about antidepressants.
Courtney can't work, drive or go outside, because she can't afford the $100,000 brain surgery she needs.
Robin Bailey: 'My power struggle with food'.
Can bosses really ban tea and coffee breaks?
Digital detoxing in the real world: How to get started.
Harsh warning for anti-vax nurses and midwives that have been preaching on social media.
A boy who refused to eat anything but chicken and chips has suffered devastating consequences.
The funniest things our toddlers have done while hangry.
Guy rants on why tampons shouldn't be free, proves he has zero understanding of vaginas.
A mum’s battle with her 3-year-old over dessert branded cruel.
Why some of us are 'morning people' and others love to stay up late.
Research Check: Can drinking coffee reduce your dementia risk?
Found: The most effective diet for weight management.
Therapy dogs help Victoria University students de-stress during exams.
"We were terrified." Married at First Sight’s Zoe opens up about her recent pregnancy scare.
"Why I'm excited for my Pap smear next year."
Five things you can do today to help someone with breast cancer.
Briella transitioned to a girl at 5 and her primary school supported her the whole way.
Bella Hadid gives powerful speech about her agonising struggle with Lyme disease.
Cervical cancer study backs Government plan to begin screening women later using HPV test.
Mother and daughter 'marched off Jetstar flight' over common skin condition.
Five tricks that will bring back your sparkle. Guaranteed.
Why waking up from a super long nap makes you feel so wretched.
We need to talk about the Pill and depression. And keep talking about it.
At 19, Alice is living with an incurable condition. But she's not letting it hold her back.
What happened when Amelia McGuinness stopped taking the pill after six years.
5 skin changes you'll notice after 40 (and what to do about them).
When worries stop sleep and then you worry about not sleeping.
Fitness mum Chontel Duncan's emotional confession after facing her "worst days" ever.
'At age 30, I've had to have a third of my vagina removed.'
"I've never had a 3-course meal." Robin Bailey opens up on her relationship with food.
Seven things to eat or avoid to lower your blood pressure.
How hydration affects your performance - at home and at work.
The nine depression symptoms nobody ever talks about.
Real-life doctors are better than diagnosing yourself online, according to the most useful study of all time.
How medications can impact your body clock and sleep.
What the consistency of your poo says about your health.
The proven things happy people do to get out of a rut.
Her migraines were so severe she needed a wheelchair. So she got pregnant with twins.
'I had my first panic attack this week.'
Billie Ava Stevens was born premature at a tiny 510 grams. Now her parents need your help.
Four books you must read if you've ever experienced, or want to better understand, mental illness.
This is what living and loving with psoriasis is really like.
12 people share the weight management tip that actually stuck.
Heart disease 'number one killer' of Australian women, causing more deaths than most cancers.
When her daughters were touched by mental illness, Sharene was at a loss for what to do.
Dancers, it's time to dust off the leotard.
Australian Survivor's Brooke says her body has gone through a radical transformation since the show.
Brace yourselves: hay fever season is going to be ghastly this year.
New mammogram technique 30 per cent more accurate in predicting breast cancer: researchers.
The couple who gained weight to show how easy it is to lose it have shared their results.
“How I de-stressed my evenings.”
"When the pain was too much, my mother would pull me close and beg me to help her end her life."
'I had completely lost myself within the dark cloud of mental illness.'
Lifeline service closes in Northern Territory after 10 years after lack of funding.
Abortion laws 'ambiguous, outdated' in Qld and NSW, doctors argue.
"How I've come to embrace my glasses."
Talitha Cummins writes about being an alcoholic: "I blacked out more than I was lucid."
Cancer took away Kylie's choice of how she would die. She wanted others to be able to decide for themselves.
Choose your undies wisely - they could be affecting your health.
Caitlin Brassington has shared the perfect reminder there's no such thing as "just a nurse".
Five dietitians tell us what they eat when they order take-away.
A definitive list of all the surprising things you absolutely cannot do while pregnant.
The excellent way you can easily boost your immune system.
"My double mastectomy doesn't make me less sexy."
12 ways to improve the quality of your sleep.
Six things you should never put inside your vagina.
Burns survivor Turia Pitt shares her one remarkable trick that gets her through every day.
Here's why you should never wear your shoes in the house.
Former sex worker attacks her "pathetic" clients in an open letter.
"Not strong enough anymore": Chrissy Teigen makes sudden exit from Twitter.
Millie & Jo: the finale.
Melissa Mead, who lost her one-year-old son to sepsis, can never forget the kindness of the paramedics.
Sally Obermeder shares the emotional rollercoaster of having chemo 10 days after giving birth.
Six ways to help a loved one who's been diagnosed with cancer.
Revenge weight loss is so wrong (yet I want it so bad).
Five products you absolutely need after a night out.
Five ways to make yourself happier, now.
'I'm still fun when I don't drink, right?'
The 'No Excuses' mum has backflipped on her own slogan after gaining weight.
Jenny lost her life to breast cancer, but she left behind a powerful gift for her loved ones.
Ben Stiller has revealed his battle with "aggressive" cancer and it's taught us a powerful lesson.
6 signs you're stressed (and what you can do about it).
The faces that every parent of a toddler recognises.
No, apple cider vinegar isn't the health holy water it's cracked up to be.
'My cat and I are ageing nicely together.'
How wearing a corset helps Tara Moss manage scoliosis.
An Aussie model pointed out everything that's wrong with the Victoria's Secret runway show.
"It is what it is I suppose." The schoolgirls who care for their quadriplegic mum.
A 2yo boy is fighting for his life after being attacked by a taipan snake.
5:1 is the magic ratio of a happy relationship.
I was nine years old when we walked out on my dad, and I am so grateful we did.
The human clitoris is an object of beauty, pleasure and intrigue.
Robin Williams' widow on the hidden disease that killed him: "Robin was losing his mind."
Mamamia hosts a Cancer Council Girls' Night In.
Five foods to avoid eating overseas. At all costs.
I threw out my scales and I couldn’t be happier.
Steve 'Commando' Willis gets schooled by his daughter for being 'scary'. We can't stop watching.
Stop everything. This is the most important 24 minutes of Netflix you'll ever watch.
Kristen moved overseas to follow her dreams, and then found out she had cancer. She was only 21 years old.

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