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The evolution of fitness in 10 wacky trends
Here are some of the wackiest but also very popular fitness trends that have caught on over the years.
Here are some of the wackiest but also very popular fitness trends that have caught on over the years.
Mary Ann Sieghart on prosopagnosia, or the inability to recognise faces.
Chemicals in everyday products are putting children's brains at risk of not developing properly, leading scientists have warned.
A British toddler with cancer has become the youngest patient to have her immature eggs frozen in a pioneering operation.
Of all the technical gizmos that have been created in recent years to help keep us healthy, this one may just take the biscuit.
Eating broccoli twice a week could lower the risk of cancer, type-two diabetes and heart disease, scientists suggest.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. But if you're sitting on a nice squishy sofa, this might make for uncomfortable reading.
Even if you're not a hypochondriac by nature, jumping on Google to do some research when you have a mysterious headache or cough has been enough to make you one.
A lack of fibre in our diets may be causing the deadly rise in allergies, say researchers.
Passenger with psoriasis questioned about her skin condition before being allowed on flight.
Health experts have warned New Zealanders battling cancer against relying on expensive, unproven treatments at offshore clinics.
A young woman claims she nearly died after using dodgy fake tan.
Natural remedies are a great way to keep you in the game.
COMMENT: It's men's health month, time to turn our attention to the not-so-great health statistics of our menfolk.
A central Queensland teenager has been moved to tears after almost 50,000 people came out in support of her online petition against relentless bullying.
Got that after-dinner food baby? Here's how to keep it at bay.
Low-fat diets and exercise are pointless for those wanting to lose weight and obese people should simply eat less, a leading surgeon has said.
Daughter's death after reportedly kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter sandwich.
New Zealand Health Survey showing that 31 per cent of our adults are obese and a further 35 per cent overweight.
Driving can give you a spare tyre and leave you more vulnerable to heart attacks and strokes, say researchers.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. These are the horrifying pictures posted by a desperate mother who doesn't want other parents to go through the same trauma she's had to endure.
"It's not lit, it's not in my mouth. If I was smoking it I think it's a completely different story, but an unlit cigarette, I mean people hold them all the time."
Does it make sense to focus on nutrients such as fat or carbohydrates, for example, or should we reframe the question?
Despite massive government, medical and individual efforts to win the war on obesity, 71 per cent of Americans are overweight.
Studies reveal your environment is impacting your eating habits in weird and wonderful ways that you aren't aware of.
Reports are trumpeting the results of a US government study that links cellphones to tumour growth. But should we believe them?
Health experts are worried that bacteria resistant to antibiotics could lead to superbugs that could cause untreatable infections.
Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to publicly apologise for claiming to have cured her terminal cancer with healthy food and natural therapies.