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The town square will be utilized to create an immersive experience of reminiscence therapy, a common tool used for patients with Alzheimer's and dementia.

COMMENT: Not everyone is long and lithe - it's time adverts celebrated a range of body shapes and sizes and recognised beauty is diverse.

Doctors are at loggerheads over changes to New Zealand's cervical screening programme, with one saying more women will die.

Emma Thompson dropped two dress sizes and could still drink wine, finds Radhika Sanghani.

For people hoping to shed those extra kilos in the early new year, setting out with unrealistic expectations could be the key to losing weight.

Right now, some really positive things are going on in our food culture that point to where we're heading.

We all know how depressing it is to put on weight. This doctor has some tips of his own.

People who walk briskly for more than 30 minutes a day were found to have lower BMIs and smaller waists than everyone else involved in the study.

Magazine breaks new ground in going behind the scenes with identical twin Emmie Smith during her medical transition.

Drinking in pub with friends is good for you, says Oxford University

COMMENT: Ditch the post-partying detox diet and let your incredible intrinsic cleansing system do the work it was made to do.

Greg Bruce's wife is a yoga teacher. She thinks him taking it up will change his life. Is she right?

Experts at Boston University claim to have discovered the game-changing test

While some, such as junk food and fizzy drinks, are a no brainer, others may surprise you - including lentils, onions and even apples.

Australian organisation is set to break ground on a facility to offer people the chance to be cryogenically frozen after death.

Despite your best intentions to eat more kale, there's a good chance your weight loss resolution could do more harm than good.

It is a mysterious science: why do some farts smell worse than others?

Exposure to traffic fumes and noise was found to raise the risk of dementia by up to 12 per cent.

They weighed 380kg between them and hated their looks. Now this Melbourne couple are super-fit and living happily ever after together.

It is an uncontroversial fact that the state of the country's freshwater resources has for decades been moving towards ecological collapse.

For women embarking on dry January, it's not their own ability for self-restraint they have to worry about - it's their partner's.

A woman collapsed and suffered multiple seizures after taking a New Year detox to combat stress.

Sugar-free and diet drinks are not helpful for weight loss and could even cause people to pile on the pounds researchers claim.

John Hinckley Jr committed one of history's most famous crimes, all for the sake of a desperate delusion. In his mind, it was love.

OPINION: Methods of detoxification have existed in different cultures for thousands of years, and science has started to catch up with traditional wisdom.

Kiwis' use of antibiotics has soared, indicating widespread inappropriate use for viral coughs and colds, experts say.

COMMENT: It looks as though our Advertising Standards Authority will, once again, fail to adopt a strict code of food advertising to children.

Those visiting Aussie beaches this summer better be careful as tiny, invisible and deadly jellyfish are on a southern invasion.

OPINION: If you struggle to stick to exercise plans, you're not alone. But there are some simple fixes to help you stay on track, says Lee-Anne Wann.