Alcohol
Cost benefit
Alcohol prices 'need reform'
Mark Metherell Top health groups are stepping up pressure on the government to lift the price of cheap alcohol to curb excessive drinking.
Cane pain
Sugar as harmful as tobacco, alcohol, experts say
Sugar is so harmful that it should be controlled in the same way as tobacco and alcohol, according to a team of leading public health experts.
Calls for alcohol labelling to help stamp out drinking during pregnancy
Mark Metherell THE high risk of foetal alcohol syndrome to the babies of drinking mothers has spurred a bipartisan group of federal MPs to call for the introduction of health warnings on liquor products.
Teen drinking
Younger brains 'tricked' by alcohol
Catharine Munro Teenagers who drink heavily can associate bad experiences such as vomiting and car accidents with pleasure, according to a US expert on alcohol abuse.
True or false
Do detox diets cleanse your body of toxins?
By Nicky Phillips There's nothing new about detoxing, people have been doing it for centuries.
Beware of the diets that kill
Ewa Kretowicz As Australia tips towards becoming the fourth fattest nation in the world, carbohydrates and sugar are the latest scapegoat.
Feeding an emotional hunger
Paula Goodyer Dieting may be the wrong approach for those who eat to deal with anxiety and stress.
Yoga: the power of the pose
Charmaine Yabsley It's said that yoga can relieve a range of conditions from depression to low libido.
Chew on this
Fixing emotional eating
Paula Goodyer For emotional eaters dieting is barking up the wrong tree
Fresh food
It's best to eat in Med-eration
It's followed by millions of people, doesn't leave you starving and keeps you eating fresh, fun food.
Smoking gun
Sweet assassin
Angus Holland Sugar is leaving a bad taste in the mouth of some food campaigners, who claim it’s an addictive health hazard. But does their argument have any bite?
Drinking culture
Lightweights Anonymous
Anna Warwick We live in a binge drinking culture and there's always a lightweight casualty or two.
Fresh start
Fresh start the flavour of the month
Sarah Berry Detoxing is a popular kick-start to health after festive excesses.
Disaster diets
Worst diets of 2012
Sarah Berry What made these three diets the biggest lemons of the year, according to dietitians around Australia?
The season to be jolly careful
Paula Goodyer Keep control this Christmas with a bit of careful planning.
Chew on this
Beating cravings at Christmas
Paula Goodyer For anyone trying to control overeating, drinking or drug use, Christmas can be a risky time.
Get healthy
Over the phone fat coaching
Sarah Berry A free public health information line aimed at helping people lose weight is proving to be effective.
Booze snooze
Drink or two in the evening sets scene for nightmare sleep
Sarah Berry A nightcap may be nice, but is likely to lead to a fragmented night's sleep.
No time to weight
Peter Foster It was one of those strange but illuminating coincidences: at the exact same time my BlackBerry began to buzz with the news Britain was threatening to put legal curbs on the amount of salt, fat and...
