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Health

FEBRUARY 2017

From red and clotted to brown and smelly: A doctor explains what your period blood means.
Doctors 'laughed' at her concerns, but this mum knew instinctively something was wrong.
David 'Avocado' Wolfe is bringing his dangerous messages to Australia.
A new psychological term has been coined to describe the suffering of Syrian children.
"I was crying on court." Netballer humiliated when umpire docks points for her skirt.
Adrienne lost one kilo. She went down three dress sizes.
The simple, common mistake that almost killed Laura Wallis' newborn twins.
This Aladdin performance will have small changes. But to some people, it means the world.
Gold Coast boys bucking the notion that synchronised swimming is only for girls.
"How the internet fuelled my eating disorder."
The Government has "secretly bungled" the new cervical screening program.
It's 2017 and abortion is still not legal in Queensland. That's not a typo.
Wippa's parenting nightmare: "My toddler has fallen a metre off the edge of the stairs."
"It’s always on my mind, in the background, that I've given my kids my disease."
Do you stash your phone in your bra? It might be time to stop.
When his little girl was born with malformed eyes, this father did the extraordinary.
"I gave myself 'permission to relax', and it saved my sanity."
Those mysterious white marks that appear on your nails have finally been explained.
The strange way your sleeping patterns can affect your income.
The confronting video showing the reality behind severe psychosis.
Why everyone's talking about Kim Kardashian West's "garbage bag" suit.
Half of Aussie mums will suffer from this common injury and they won't tell a soul.
"Help. Can I ask my friends who smoke to stay away from my baby?"
Five proven ways your cheese and wine addiction is helping your health.
What you might not know about having sex with someone with genital herpes.
Sarah Boyle says her baby son helped 'detect' her breast cancer.
"My Fitbit saved my life." How an Australian mum's fitness tracker did the unexpected.
'Mum had an abortion before I was born, but my dad was the only one who knew.'
Gastric band surgery study uncovers benefits for overweight and diabetes patients.
Five ways to tell if you're suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
"Why a junk food ban would make every Aussie parent's job easier."
If you have a cervix, then you need to be having this medical test.
Landmark report calls for junk food ban at school canteens and sport venues.
Alice Hall had all the symptoms of pregnancy. Months later, she delivered a tumour.
'It's just going to get worse': the reality of caring for a partner with Alzheimer's.
It's time we talk about the addiction killing more Australians than heroin and ice combined.
"The real reason I post pictures of my food on Instagram."
Prosopagnosia: What it's like to live with 'face blindness'.
More than 20 people treated for drug overdoses at Melbourne dance party 'awash with drugs'.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning and how does it happen?
'Decades on, I still haven't forgotten the horrible thing my Year 5 sports coach said.'
An abortion provider answers every question you've ever had about terminations.
What an asthma attack feels like, for those who have never had one.
There's one thing that will save your life when caught in a rip.
Energy drinks could be deadly for young people with heart conditions, study finds
Parents are not to 'blame' for overweight kids. We all are.
Mum furious after teacher tells five-year-old cancer survivor she 'can't be pretty'.
"It's been a wake-up call": Constance Hall opens up about a "scary" health check.
Cancer kills mum-of-four after being told she was 'too young' for a pap smear test.
Knowing the symptoms of toxic shock syndrome saved Phoebee's life.
Janine Allis shares the five parenting tricks that saved her marriage (and sanity).
5 signs you have 'mentally resigned' from your job.
Sugar tax would prolong Australians' lives more than two years, Melbourne researchers find.
20-year-old woman nearly loses her life after using the wrong tampon.
Hugh Jackman reminds fans to be sun safe after having his sixth skin cancer removed.
Sylvia Jeffreys tried a radical health treatment and we can't look away.
"I spent my weekend learning about my vagina, and I learned a lot."
Too much exercise could do more harm than good, Queensland researchers find.
I'm a Celebrity's Tegan Martin and Casey Donovan reflect on their battles with anxiety.
A closer look at Australia's most popular supplements.
After two heartbreaking terminations, doctors have given this Aussie family hope.
Huggies have worked with nurses to design a very important nappy.
Health Check: Do cold showers cool you down?
Complementary medicines with unproven benefits being sold to Australian consumers.
Australia 'running behind' in obesity prevention policy, health specialists say.
Ivanka Trump tried to work out at Michelle Obama's favourite gym and it didn't end well.
What it’s really like to be in a relationship with a sex addict.
Unusual conditions: delusional infestation with insects or spiders.
How should we talk about cancer?
It took doctors six years to diagnose 'Girls' star Zosia Mamet's pain.
The big problem with the ever-changing faces of Geordie Shore's stars.
I am body positive, just not when it comes to myself.
Lisa Curry created an incredible 'jungle workout' on I'm a Celebrity. We want in.
Wait, what? Why drinking too much water in a heatwave is a dangerous decision.
"I’m just not coping": Tziporah Malkah's emotional admission about PTSD.
Pregnant netball champion Laura Geitz shares the parenting technique she’ll be relying on.
'Within a day my memory was wiped, and my loving partner became a total stranger.'
"It's you or the baby": With those words, Laura was forced into the most agonising choice.
I faked childbirth to get out of my gym membership.
Thousands of SA students could miss out on free meningococcal vaccines.
Gift Box tampon subscription service helps homeless women manage periods.
Sorry, but you've been putting Band-Aids on wrong your entire life.
Newsreader shares the heartbreaking reality of parenting a child with anorexia.
Medications don't work for back pain, but here's what does.
Every parent will recognise these two types of school lunches.
12 mums with an ADHD child share what they really think about putting them on medication.
Free meningococcal vaccine for NSW teenagers to protect against W strain of disease.
This woman's simple "trick" to finding her breast cancer lump early has gone viral.
The great tutoring myth.
"It was not a way out." Why one mum is telling her heartbreaking late-term abortion story.
"Holding a fistful of my own hair, something inside me clicked."
Health experts say aqua nappies act “like a poo tea bag in water”.
Take the cake: Why is rejection scarier when you're a fat girl?
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of Justin Trudeau, has spoken of her private health battle.
"If you have a problem with food bans at school, I have just one question for you."
"A stranger knit me a new boob."
The one item model Jesinta Franklin has banned from her kitchen pantry.
Queensland doctors operated on wrong body parts, left equipment inside bodies, report finds.
Five signs of rheumatoid arthritis you may not have been looking for.
Why mindfulness in 2017 looks completely different.
10 (absolutely amazing) things you didn't know about cheese.
Coroner finds 10yo Briony Klingberg died after doctors failed to diagnose herpes.
"'Nude food' policies in schools are just another way to torture parents."
There's a compelling (and gross) reason you should start sleeping nude.
Going viral? Google unveils new medical search 'cards'.
"My son has just started high school. Is he too young to walk to school?"

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