It's easy to understand how fizzy drinks are bad for our teeth.

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Finding affordable dental care in the big smoke can be like pulling teeth, driving many to head to the regions and smaller cities to get a cheaper deal.

A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer - when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties.

For women who suffer from painful periods, this procedure is proving a popular option to stop them for good.

At 117, the world's oldest woman credits one food in particular with the secret to her longevity.

Isabella has had nearly 2000 procedures in her short life, including 67 rounds of chemo, radiation, and two bone marrow transplants.

The SPCA is renewing calls for a ban on the public sale of fireworks and launched a survey asking their animals' experience with fireworks.

Is working out together the secret to keeping a relationship together?

Not wanting to bother people with his problems Paul Keesing would take pain relief - this is what led to his death as he spoke out too late.

This month the focus at adidas RunClub is on mindfulness, mind techniques and the correlation with enhancing physical performance

Scientists have Do you know the bugs that share your home? No? Well, pull up a chair and get acquainted.

Dementia sufferers could be monitored with online tracking devices which would record every move they make, say UK scientists.

Growing up, Grace Marriott struggled with her weight. But after dropping 34kg, she has found a new sense of confidence and new pursuit.

Do you wear your stress and "busy-ness" like a badge of honour? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains the problem with modern day stress and how to manage it.

Underpants which protect men's fertility by shielding them from cell phone radiation have hit the market.

Nutritionists say you don't have to cut back on calories to reach your ideal weight - and the secret is making sure you're eating the right thing at breakfast.

First users of advice "toolkit" report more exercise, smaller meals.

Tax would lead 14 per cent to quit, survey finds

One of the great pleasures of my job is seeing smart, courageous people leave the jobs that have been sucking at their souls, or that

Got a wrap for lunch? Here's why you may have actually been better off with a sandwich.

Are there any plant medicines to keep croup in children at bay?

Gendi, an Otago University student whose condition is more advanced than her brother's, is fundraising to go to America to see specialists.

Eli Orzessek checks out some global destinations where the mo is king.

When you're in physical pain, the last thing you want is someone pawing at you.

For years nervous exam takers and job interviewees have been advised to smile to make themselves feel better.

These sisters were warned to lose weight or risk dying young. So they made a pact, and a year later the results are amazing.

"The Taylor Swift of sit-ups" has debuted on the BRW Young Rich List in Australia.

What we eat - as opposed to how much we eat - is a hot topic to study, so can we confidently say that avoiding meat will increase your lifespan?

At just 20 years of age Janaya Smith was told she would be dead in six months unless she changed her unhealthy lifestyle.