Women's health

While yoyo dieting may not be the ideal way to lose weight, new US research has found that it doesn’t stop you losing the weight for good. While some researchers had feared that yoyo dieting was detrimental to our health, new research from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has found that it […]

The trimmed down star turns her back on Hollywood fad diets as she drops 15kg on a spicy new eating plan. Oprah Winfrey has made no secret of her lifelong “war on wobble” with the scales fluctuating wildly throughout her career. But now the talk show queen has found a groundbreaking — and delicious — […]

Weight gain has long been associated with quitting smoking, but new European research has found that giving up cigarettes can lead to more weight gain than originally thought. A study conducted in the UK and France has found that giving up smoking will usually lead to a weight gain of between 4kg and 5kg, more […]

Depressed, embarrassed and weighing over 160kg, 30-year-old Jacqui McCoy knew she had to lose weight. Today, she stands at a slim 67kg, but Jacqui’s is not your average weight loss story. Battling food addiction and obesity for more than half her life, Jacqui, from West Palm Beach, Florida went on US TV series Extreme Makeover: […]

It is something almost every woman has in common – not enough hours in the day. But what is making us rush everything? Nutrition specialist and weight loss expert Libby Weaver says the feeling of constantly rushing is only getting worse for women. “Never before in my work have I witnessed so many females in […]

The average Australian woman is a size 16, but most models are less than half that size. PLUS Model Magazine – which exclusively showcases bigger beauties in its pages – has shot a daring fashion spread for its January 2012 issue to highlight this fact. The shoot features size 16 model Katya Zharkova (size 12 […]

If you suffer from nightmares the problem could lie with when you hit the hay, after scientists find that night owls have a greater chance of experiencing nightmares. A preliminary study suggests that night owls, people who go to sleep later, are more prone to bad dreams, but the reason for this remains unclear with […]

We’ve heard of the Dukin diet thanks to Kate Middleton and the Five Hands diet thanks to Victoria Beckham, but what is the latest diet craze? It’s the Fork It diet. The basis of this new diet involves no spoons, knives or fingers after 6pm, so you can only eat dinner using a fork, meaning […]

Does hurrying the kids through their breakfast, before dashing off to work, then doing 10 things at once, before popping in and out of meetings sound familiar to you? Whether it’s work, looking after the kids, racing to get somewhere or rushing to do something, we all get caught up in everyday life. So it’s […]

The first oral contraceptive pill that effectively prevents heavy menstrual bleeding is now available in Australia. Heavy menstrual bleeding affects more than 30 percent of woman and a drug that works as a contraceptive, as well as a treatment for prolonged menstrual bleeding, has not previously been available. The new drug, Qlaira, contains oestradiol, a […]