Tag: health

Hey, don't squirm - we've all done it, right? Probably. So if we've all done it, just how much urine is there in the pool? And what about the jacuzzi?

Another year another bunch of impossible plans; but what if this time you actually stuck to them?

Ok, so you have made your New year's resolutions list: but will you stick to it?

A dental holiday in Bali? What's that about?

Changes are being made to the NHS in order to help ease the cost burden and one of the changes includes a surcharge for Australian and New Zealand expats who require healthcare while living in the UK.

Australian paramedics are flocking to Britain while ambulance services back home are left to suffer, say unions.

The irony of falling ill in Lourdes of all places is indigestible. People come to Lourdes to get healed and most emphatically not to fall unwell. Remarkably, however, this is exactly what happened to me at the end of my European venture.

WATCH: If you think living with your parents past the age of 20 is an absolute no-no, you may rather want to consider living with your granny in her retirement home.

Some tips on how to continue to indulge your traveller's liquid courage cravings, whilst also preventing the inevitable bar fight caused by the button on your jeans bursting off under the pressure of your growing gut.

Follow these simple tips and you can maintain your fitness while enjoying your travels to the max at the same time.

Smiling really is one of life’s cheapest health-boosters. It’s so good for you that here's a list of reasons you should do it more often.

Expecting Aussie mother tests positive for Zika after overseas trip as more countries added to outbreak list.

In a surprising move, the UK Home Office has announced that citizens from New Zealand and Australia will no longer be exempt from the UK Immigration Health Surcharge.

Studio 10 bares all for demonstration of breast self-examination, winning the approval of viewers.

Pauline Cafferkey was flown from Glasgow to be readmitted to an isolation unit in London due to an ‘unusual late complication’ in her illness.

Forget roping in the kids to do the dishes, doing them yourself might actually be good for stress.

Australians eat three times more junk food than the recommended daily intake, according to a new report.

Up to 11 000 Australians may have been exposed to infectious diseases including HIV leading to the suspension of 6 dentists.

As 175 Aussie and Kiwi paramedics start work in London Ambulance Service, plans are underway to recruit 280 more from Sydney and Melbourne.

EXPAT FACTOR | When Australian nurse Kanchana Thornton left Sydney in 2001 to work at a clinic on the Thai Burma border, she never imagined that over ten years later she would still be there, having founded the Burma Children Medical Fund.

The Australian government will be sending aid staff to help battle the Ebola virus is Africa, after gaining assurances from the UK.

The typical Aussie bloke is no Hugh Jackman (sorry, ladies). So just how tall and wide is the average Australian male and how does he stack up against the rest of the world?

FROM THE HOMEFRONT I When living overseas, there’s an inflated pressure to balance the beauty myth with the burst of lifestyle change you’ve flown into and I fell for it, hard.

A team of Australian surgeons’ breakthrough work has given new hope to would-be donor heart recipients.

Sue Ellen Kovack says Australian health workers should travel to Africa to aid in the battle against the Ebola virus outbreak, while the government says it's too dangerous.

Prime minister calls the Western Australian ban of the 140-year-old opera depicting smoking “political correctness gone crazy.”

Australian pays as much as 21 times more than Britain for some commonly prescribed medicines.

Australia and its regions dominate OECD wellbeing living rankings, with Canberra rated the world's best city.

British migrants to Australia are loving the Aussie life, according to a new survey.

Australia may soon legalise medicinal marijuana, with a bill on the matter due for parliamentary introduction this month. It follows Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently saying he has no problem with legalisation of medical cannabis.

In a row that has sparked criticism from UK and Australian mental health experts, an exhibition at the Perth Royal Show risked being placed in isolation.

Australia ranked third overall in a survey into G20 child prosperity trailing behind Germany and France. But economists at Save Our Children say it is not good enough.

The London Ambulance Service is actively recruiting paramedics from Australia, taking advantage of a pay dispute raging on in Victoria.

Feeling ill? You may have been living in Australia too long since migrating.

A very bad day at a Melbourne hospital when 200 of their (very much alive) patients were declared deceased.

While Australians are limited from immigrating to the UK by European Union restrictions, UK nurses wanting to work in Australia say that they, in turn, are stuck in new Australian bureaucratic mud.

Immigration and Border control is on high alert as authorities fear the deadly Ebola virus could spread to Australia.

While the AIDS 2014 conference kicked off in Melbourne this week, breaking news is that an Australian company developed a condom that will offer real protection against unwanted pregnancies and STD’s including the HIV virus.

With the AIDS 2014 conference taking place in Melbourne, Australia this week we look at some of the shocking truths about HIV and some glimmers of hope.

A survey by the Kirby Institute of the University of New South Wales has revealed that the number of recorded HIV cases in Australia is at an all-time high.

An Australian funeral director endured a 4 hour-long road trip with a portly body in her hearse. Her hefty companion then had to spend the night in her hearse after a morgue turned her away saying he would not fit in their fridge.

While the Abbott government struggles to get support for a GP co-payment, nurses in the UK will debate whether Britain should introduce such a charge.

Astounding research results have confirmed that SAHMTI and the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Personalized Cancer Medicine have come up with valuable information about the treatment of leukaemia.

An international report found that 11 million Australians need to lay-off the junk food and get in shape.

“The bottom line is, if you’re paying more for health in Australia, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee a better outcome for low-risk babies and women.” - Professor Hannah Dahlen UWS.

Following the lead of the UK, Australia plans to replace the customary sick note with a 'fit note'.

Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians will be recruited in an answer to the serious demand in London's health services.

The E cigarette, also commonly known as Electronic cigarette, E cig or Electric cigarette is the advanced and harmless form of the regular cigarette that bears similarity in terms of design but drastically varies when it comes to the features and use.

According to new research by health services, having coloured phlegm or snot does not mean you need antibiotics.

A new report has revealed six out of ten Australia adults are too fat to be healthy, and even the slimmest area in Australia has weight problems.