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A new report suggests the government has less to fear from promoting sustainable lifestyles than it expects.
Research highlights the importance of daily meditation, exercise and sleep for improving executive functioning, a component of attention that helps people focus.
A new study has explored whether cardiovascular risk factors are associated with a higher likelihood of depression.
Public health education campaigns disregard economic factors.
The app’s predictions may only work if we’re willing to make life changes.
With summer upon us, some people may be hoping to shed a few kilos. Although a quick-fix can be tempting, to keep the weight off in the longer term, here’s how to steer clear of the fads.
Celebrities are turning away from the fields that made them famous and becoming amateur experts.
The effort to edit the genes of Chinese twins implies that all our traits are determined by our genes. But changing our diet, environment, lifestyle and microbes may have a greater effect.
Beyond medication and psychological treatments, there are steps all of us can take to alleviate stress, improve our mood and take care of our mental health. Here are five to get you started.
Paradoxically, people who know the real causes of cancer are also the most likely to believe in mythical causes of it.
More and more people are living to 100, but in some regions of the world there’s more of them – what does this tell us?
Speaking with: Emrys Westacott on the virtue of frugal living.
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William Isdale speaks with Emrys Westacott about how living simply can bring happiness in an increasingly complex world.
The NHS should reconsider its plan to refuse surgery to smokers and those who are obese.
How many healthy years of life do you have ahead before you become unhealthy – and then die? One model tries to find the answer.
Breast cancer rates in China are rising, and are expected to continue rising for the next three decades.
Many case of dementia can be avoided, and it’s never too early to start taking preventative action.
At society’s margins, people without access to the mainstream job economy are able to carve out lives rich in other resources and community.
Seven million workers are missing out on information which keep keep them healthier.
Cognitive dissonance: scholars need to confront the undeniable conflict of pushing for action on climate change, while maintaining a high-energy lifestyle.
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor; NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow; NICM Health Research Institute Deputy Director, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
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Honorary Professor of Medicine, Cardiff University
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Professor Emeritus, Lifelong Learning, University of Stirling
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Course coordinator for postgraduate level Certificate in Ergonomics, Rhodes University
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Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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