Are heart attack symptoms sexist?

May 13, 2016 10:19 am UTC| Health

Most people think a heart attack is a sudden and dramatic event the portrayal of heart symptoms in film and television usually show severe pain and collapse. Its hard to imagine how anyone could delay getting help in such...

Spanking could lead to health problems, antisocial behavior

May 12, 2016 03:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Whether you are a parent who has occasionally spanked your child, an adult with recollections of childhood spanking or even an observer who has witnessed spanking in a public place, you likely have personal experience with...

How Apple Watch and pervasive computing can lure you into leveling up your fitness

May 12, 2016 02:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health

Hello, my name is Michael, and Im a Ring Addict. The rings in question: they close when the goal for the day has been met. Peter Parkes, CC BY No, not the one ring from Lord of the Rings; not the cheap costume...

Climate Change Series

Do the sums: bicycle-friendly changes are good business

May 12, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Business Health

City of Melbourne councillors voted recently to implement the 2016-20 Bicycle Plan. This followed public consultations that included two phases of community engagement and the release of a draft plan last October. Features...

Should older people and those with dementia have their licences revoked?

May 12, 2016 00:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health

One in ten people over the age of 65 and three in ten people over the age of 85 have dementia. As a degenerative and debilitating disease, people with dementia find they are unable to perform some of the everyday tasks...

How to get off the couch and into exercise

May 09, 2016 12:39 pm UTC| Health Life

Current guidelines suggest Aussie adults should accrue at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week. However, 60% of us fail to meet this recommendation, and around one in six arent doing any regular...

Stressed out: the psychological effects of tests on primary school children

May 09, 2016 12:32 pm UTC| Health

Some parents are so angry with the testing regime facing their children that they have come together in an attempt to boycott primary school exams. Preparation by teachers for these standardised achievement tests (SATs) in...