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Health And Wellbeing

FEBRUARY 2014

This condition is extremely rare. But Luca has made progress, and can now take wobbly steps of his own.
Fluff: Hollywood, you just got served by Emma Thompson. Again.
Breast cancer is not a single disease. There are different shades of pink.
This woman was stalked. But it's OK everyone, it's just "doxxing".
What happened to Casey Donovan is so common that it has its own name. Catfishing.
Terrific. More middle aged men trying to restrict women's access to abortion.
The man who got to 55 before finally 'coming out' as a woman. And what a woman she is.
"The greatest gift I ever survived."
Rape victim told: "If you were telling the truth, God would have kept you conscious."
Rebecca Judd paid $3000 to store her daughter's umbilical cord blood. This is why.
"I am lazy, and I am damn proud of it."
She was told she wouldn't live to see her 30th birthday. But an organ donation saved her life.
Fred Nile slammed for using Charlotte Dawson's death to make political point.
Mary Coustas after 20 failed IVF attempts: "Nothing good comes out of giving up."
This charity supports women at high risk breast and ovarian cancer. Women like me.
"I am committed to not just saving a man, but saving every man."
"I wish I had breast cancer."
Not a 'morning person'? Become one in 4 easy steps.
She had complete trust in him, so she never expected he would do this.
'It was in the darkest time of my life that Running for Premature Babies, was born.'
"In the dream, he would feel his legs again and stand up."
"I didn't have a headache so it couldn't be a migraine, could it?"
'Ten months ago today our 18-year-old son took his last breath.'
5 reasons why my cancer was a gift.
BAM. This is why what other people think of you is none of your business.
To my abusive ex's new girlfriend: "I'm sorry I didn't warn you".
Imagine opening up your box of The Pill and finding THIS note from your pharmacist.
This is what depression feels like. (From someone who's lived it).
The ultimate motivation to give running a try (and we promise it's not 'freedom').
Survey calls for IVF to be banned for women over the age of 40.
Stressed? Two simple (but mostly unknown) facts will help you feel a whole lot calmer.
The superfood that everyone is talking about but nobody knows how to eat.
Five family-friendly dinners that will use up all your leftovers.
For every woman who's made a half-hearted effort to check her breasts for lumps and given up.
6 reasons to exercise that have nothing to do with 'dropping a dress size'.
'It was New Year’s Eve when my wife was first diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer.'
The 11 Facebook friends you need to un-friend immediately.
This is what it feels like to have a 4-year-old, a new baby and $236 in the bank.
6 signs your friend is in a relationship with a man like Simon Gittany.
Some relationships aren’t worth celebrating this Valentine’s day.
Chrissie Swan takes on Fit Mum: "I am fat and you definitely hit a nerve with me"
"I was eight when I went on my first diet."
"My son has survived two open heart surgeries. He is not yet 18 months old."
To the man who saved my sister's life: Thank you.
No-equipment workouts. For anyone who can't bring themselves to leave the house.
The everyday question you're answering wrong.
The Biggest Loser contestant who got down to a tiny 47kg describes her obsessive exercise routine.
SHARE: How to approach someone who might have perinatal depression.
This Biggest Loser winner has been called 'sickly' and 'skeletal'.
"People said that one day my brother 'would end up dead'. I just never expected it to happen".
Matthew Reilly: Lessons of love, loss and embracing life when you're the one left behind.
Gym-goers should be doing this once a week. We bet you haven't even done it once.
Four words: This. Is. Not. Art.
EM: It's not the kid with the allergy's fault.
You've probably never heard of this genetic condition.
That’s 80 babies too many.
"Every woman we spoke to that day said the same thing..."
The test that saved my life.
He didn’t respond to any treatment he tried.
Exactly what to eat, before and after your workout. Thanks, science.
"Why I got naked in front of 30 people."
Woody Allen's daughter: "What if it had been your child, Cate Blanchett?"
JAMILA: When I need advice, my first port of call is almost always these two women.
"We had two happy, healthy children. What was discovered is beyond all comprehension."
This helped us through the trials of living with cancer for so many years.
"Those pills help me, and I am no longer ashamed to say so."
The nine stages of a yoga class.
Please do not procrastinate about your health. This is why.

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