Fitness
Muscle loss is more common than diabetes in old age. Here’s how to avoid it
One in five Australians over 60 are living with sarcopenia. Experts share how to avoid and prevent this common health condition.
- Shona Hendley
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- Courts
The $16m Osborne Park hospital, the gym upstairs, and the battle over dropped weights
A state-of-the-art day hospital that specialises in spinal injections for pain management has taken a neighbouring gym to court after claiming throbbing music and the noise of dropped weights was impacting their business.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
The pioneering new treatment helping heal the most common knee injury
A revolutionary new non-surgical approach is changing the way ACL tears are treated.
- Sarah Berry
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- Real life
I never celebrated exercise, until I was in hospital thinking I might never be able to again
In April last year I did the bowel cancer screening test sent out in the mail. To my shock – I had no symptoms – it came back positive. I was 54. This wasn’t part of the plan.
- Simon Castles
This CEO said three wines ruined his week. Has wellness gone too far?
Steven Bartlett’s resurfaced comments signal a concerning attitude towards health that could lead you down a long road of misery, experts say.
- Courtney Thompson
Worried about your blood sugar? Four minutes of this exercise can help
A new study has revealed how people with type 2 diabetes can stabilise their blood sugar with exercise.
- Gretchen Reynolds
Uncomfortable seats, heavy luggage: Travel can be brutal on your back
Sitting for long periods, lifting heavy bags, sleeping in uncomfortable beds – travelling is full of traps that can cause your back to ache.
- Hannah Sampson
Popular park Pilates class forced to make changes after run-in with council
The viral free exercise class was forced to cancel one of their fortnightly events after council staff raised questions.
- Neesha Sinnya
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- Healthcare
Amputations, heart attacks, days of vomiting: The horror toll of ‘backyard’ peptides
Victorians are taking peptides for everything from weight loss and body building to skin improvements. Many end up in hospitals with severe side effects.
- Melissa Cunningham and Henrietta Cook
‘I’m like the police in the shower’: The local fighting to protect her neighbourhood pool
In Iceland, the lifestyle enjoyed by locals around their public pools is so special, it’s been given new UNESCO recognition. And with that: new headaches.
- Amelia Nierenberg