Journal

A Plant-Based Diet For Beginners: What To Eat

A plant-based diet can be a practical way to eat more vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fruit, nuts and seeds without requiring an overnight change to…

How to reduce your risk of stroke naturally

A stroke is a medical emergency that happens when a blood vessel supplying the brain is blocked or bleeds. Sometimes called a cerebrovascular accident or brain…

Walk your way to better health on the Sunshine Coast

Every Saturday morning, dozens of locals gather at a coastal park, lace up their shoes, and set off at a steady pace beneath a canopy of paperbarks. The ritual…

Making Sense of Your Blood Pressure Numbers in Australia

Blood pressure is usually written as two numbers in millimetres of mercury, abbreviated mmHg. The figures represent pressure while the heart contracts and…

What a gastroenterologist wants you to know about a healthy gut

Gut health has become a recurring conversation in Australian households, fuelled by social media trends, supermarket shelves crowded with kombucha and kefir,…

Hydrate for stronger training and competition

Water supports circulation, temperature control and digestion, yet athletic hydration is not a contest to drink the maximum possible amount. Sweat cools the…

Strength training for runners in Australia: a beginner plan

Many Australians log thousands of kilometres each year chasing parkrun PBs, City2Surf places, or simply the salty breeze along the Gold Coast seafront. Running…

Queensland health innovators shaping the future of wellbeing

The Sunshine Coast has quietly become one of Australia's most interesting places for health innovation. While Sydney and Melbourne tend to dominate the…

Why Your Mates Might Hold the Secret to a Healthier Life

Most people reach for a gym membership or a green juice when they want to feel better. The answer might be sitting next to them at the pub. Decades of research…

New directions in Alzheimer's prevention for Australians

Until recently, dementia felt like a fixed point in the distance. Researchers at Australian institutions and elsewhere now describe Alzheimer's as a condition…