Health & Lifestyle

This year, the World Health Organization has designated the 2025 theme to be, “Changing mindsets: Empower yourself to make ear and hearing care a reality for all!”  By 2030, over 500 million people across the globe are slated to have disabling hearing loss.  World Hearing Day as a campaign is...

Immigration is challenging. Assimilation is difficult. Keeping your cultural identity as an immigrant may be the toughest of all. Local Brazilian immigrant, Rosana Wayand, has lived in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai area for over 20 years. Living in Australia, Rosana has considered herself a local and became a part of her...

Squash is one of the healthiest sports to play. It lowers blood pressure, increases muscle strength, improves flexibility, and helps with coordination and bone density. It can be played solo or with a partner. To make the deal sweeter, squash isn’t subject to the temper of the sky — it...

While it’s young men getting drunk and doing stupid things that tends to attract media attention, research shows over the last 25 years the number of middle aged Australian women drinking more than they should, continues to rise. Wine and Loneliness Counsellor David Bone from Straight Talk Australia Counselling says...

A lot of work has been done over the years in healthcare to train, recruit and promote women into specialist and leadership roles traditionally dominated by men, and to also make healthcare an attractive career compatible with raising a family. Being able to use different but complementary skills of logic,...

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that affects one in nine Australian women.  It causes tissue that mimics the same tissue in the uterine lining to grow outside of the uterus. As the symptoms are similar to that of other conditions, and even regular menstrual cycles, the condition is often overlooked....

World Cholangiocarcinoma Day was on the 20th of February. The Post were invited to an event by advocate and local superstar, Karen Humphries. Despite the weight of the cancer, Karen is using her voice to spread awareness about the devastating holes in research, treatment, and care for not only gallbladder...

For the first time in two decades, the Federal Government is subsiding a new menopausal hormone therapy.  From the 1st of March, Estrogel Pro (estradiol/progesterone), Estrogel (estradiol), and Prometrium (progesterone) will be available through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.  More than 100,000 Australian women pay around $650 per year for these...

The conversation around menopause has exploded in recent years.  Awareness is growing — no longer do people carefully back away from me when I say I work in menopause, but we have a long way to go.   Too many women don’t realise that the anxiety, brain fog and joint...