Lifestyle
Health & wellness
From the Archives, 1993: Cancer, heart disease ‘wiped out in 37 years’
Thirty years ago, the Herald’s New York correspondent discussed the future of medicine with American pathologist Dr Jeffrey Fisher.
- by Frank Walker
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Opinion
Illness
I have a chronic illness. Michael J. Fox brought me back to my future
In our culture, illness is a foe to be quashed with courage and determination. That’s just wrong.
- by Kerri Sackville
What the Anastasia Beverly Hills founder eats in a day on the keto diet
The 66-year-old make-up mogul adds butter and XCT oil to her morning coffee.
- by Nicole Economos
Reaching your goals should bring lasting happiness, so why does it so often not?
“Mostly, how happy you are is a function of your general outlook in life … not a result of what is happening in your world,” explains psychologist Lana Hall.
- by Evelyn Lewin
Opinion
Coffee
You’re addicted to coffee, you just don’t want to admit it
Enduring five months without caffeine proved to me how fabulous - and necessary - coffee really is.
- by Alex Ward
At least one in five people don’t know they have this sleep problem
You might be tired every day and not even realise there’s a solution, with new research showing sleep apnoea is strongly under-diagnosed.
- by Sarah Berry
The Apple Watch changed running. Here’s how the company did it
Smartwatches weren’t great for runners but now they’re everywhere. Here’s how Apple changed the game for athletes and amateurs.
- by Laura Hill
A diabetes drug is being used for ‘easy’ thinness. Is it as magical as it seems?
It’s become a social media obsession. Could Ozempic and other drugs like it really solve the West’s weight woes?
- by Amanda Hooton
Not just for bodybuilders: Creatine as a women’s health supplement?
Elite athletes have been using it for years, but new research suggests women could get the most benefit from using creatine.
- by Sarah Berry
Does the body keep the score? Our brains and bodies are more linked than we knew
When something traumatic happens to us, is the memory stored in the body or the brain? New research suggests it’s both.
- by Sarah Berry
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Architecture
From blah to bloody gorgeous: How a Newtown street corner became a happiness hub
Laurel Hixon’s brief was simple: “I just want someone to smile when they walk down the street.”
- by Julie Power