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Do you suffer a lot from unconscious wakefulness? It happens when the body momentarily wakes from sleep in response to noise, temperature or light; you usually don’t remember whether you’ve done this or not, but you can tell sometimes if you get sleepy the following day.
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Over the past 18 months, as many of us struggled to keep the various parts of our lives together, women’s health and wellbeing fell to the wayside. But looking after ourselves — including maintaining medical appointments, resting when we’re unwell, regularly exercising, prioritising our sleep and eating
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The world, accustomed to Australia’s shifty climate stance, is unlikely to fall for Morrison’s diversion tactics at Biden’s climate summit this week, writes Matt McDonald, from The University of Queensland in this article republished from The Conversation. Days out from a much-anticipated climate summit convened by US
read now When Zay came out to their parents, telling them about how they identified as gender fluid, they received support from the outset. There were lots of questions, but on top of any immediate confusion was a willingness to listen and understand. “I came out as gender fluid
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No matter how ‘raw’ and ‘stripped back’ Hollywood tries to make its leading ladies, their radiance and dynamism still shines through. In Kate Winslet’s lead role, she’s a forty-something divorcee who wears flannel, plump-icebreakers and runs around with uncombed hair. But she’s still Kate. She’s still brilliant
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Lauren Tischendorf has this week become the first woman to swim solo around Lord Howe Island in a single 35 kilometre stretch. The Sydney based school teacher completed her circumnavigation of Lord Howe Island on Tuesday, finishing the ocean journey with a time of 13 hours 50
read now Many of Australia’s leading businesses have publicly signed a pledge to stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace. Coordinated by the Diversity Council of Australia, the zero-tolerance for sexual harassment pledge has been signed by more than 100 CEOs of major companies and organisations, including leading
read now Just a few hours ago, Americans across the US erupted into joyous relief as George Floyd’s murderer, Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts for his involvement in the 46-year old’s death last May – a crime that reignited the Black Lives Matter movement globally and
read now On Tuesday morning, just before 7am, a woman’s body was found burned in a suburban back yard on the Gold Coast. The woman has been identified as Kelly Wilkinson. She was 27 years old and a loving mother of three children, all under the age of 9.
read nowA new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications reveals that getting less than six hours of sleep a night during the workweek can be damaging your brain prematurely. Over the last quarter century, researchers monitored roughly 8,000 people and found a higher dementia risk
read now Six years ago, 32-year-old Melissah Bell found herself in a relationship that was dissolving, yet her desire to have a child was stronger than ever. She decided to try IUI (intrauterine Insemination) using donor sperm, with the view of potentially entering into parenthood alone. “People were all
read now H. Hayek is the second-youngest of seven children, born to Lebanese – Australian parents who grew up in Perth and now calls Melbourne home. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing through her earliest years, but knew from the time she was a young girl
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