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Angelina Jolie: Why I had a double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie: Why I had a double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie has revealed she had a preventive double mastectomy earlier this year, after doctors estimated she had an 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and a 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer. The actress and director wrote about her decision in an exclusive and incredibly moving op-ed for the...
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Carrie Bickmore's tips for your kids. Read them before you go outside thumb

Carrie Bickmore's tips for your kids. Read them before you go outside

Most of my childhood was spent in Perth. I love being outdoors and being physically...
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Breast cancer myths busted thumb

Breast cancer myths busted

Can deodorant cause breast cancer? Are you still at risk if you have no family history?...
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How do you know when your child needs the doctor? thumb

How do you know when your child needs the doctor?

Many of us have faced that fraught, nerve-wracking decision where we have to choose...
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Men and women DO see things differently thumb

Men and women DO see things differently

Don't you love it when research catches up with what you have been thinking all along...
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10 things you need to know if your child goes to hospital thumb

10 things you need to know if your child goes to hospital

You never know when you will end up in hospital with your child, and in a time of...
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Ridiculing me in public is not going to help me lose weight thumb

Ridiculing me in public is not going to help me lose weight

This is not a post to garner sympathy. This is not a post to garner support. This is a...
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Doctors say 'The benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks' thumb

Doctors say 'The benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks'

A leading US organisation of paediatricians says the medical benefits of male...
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You need to stop smoking so let us help you thumb

You need to stop smoking so let us help you

Everything you need to know to help you give up for good.
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Don't be responsible for the measles thumb

Don't be responsible for the measles

New medical research shows a record number of parents are refusing to immunise their...
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The lowdown on cough and cold medicines thumb

The lowdown on cough and cold medicines

Yesterday morning when I heard the news I furiously tried to go though 11 years of cough...
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Antibiotics – the good, bad and very ugly thumb

Antibiotics – the good, bad and very ugly

About two years ago I had a niggly cold that wouldn’t go away. It wasn’t...
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5 words to cancer. What would you say? thumb

5 words to cancer. What would you say?

So many people have been touched by cancer in some way.
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10 of the most surprising health facts thumb

10 of the most surprising health facts

There is so much information around when it comes to health and fitness that it can be...
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5 foods that will help you live longer thumb

5 foods that will help you live longer

While none of us will forever, you can add some extra years on to your life by paying...
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10 hidden health dangers in the food you eat every day thumb

10 hidden health dangers in the food you eat every day

How healthy are the foods you choose to eat? You might be surprised to discover that even...
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