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There is a quote often attributed to author and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” The human brain is remarkable because it keeps adapting throughout life. It learns, repairs, remembers, and reshapes itself every single day.Yet many people unknowingly…

A new year often comes with a host of wellness resolutions. Cut drinking, more work/life balance and working out every day. But as the weeks continue on, resolutions fade and HIIT class cancellations rise. And no, it’s not because of any personal failing. It’s often because our goals around fitness and wellbeing are not realistic…

Missing a few hours of sleep may leave you feeling groggy the next morning, but growing evidence suggests the effects extend far beyond fatigue. Research has increasingly linked even short-term sleep deprivation to changes in how the body processes glucose, raising concerns that just a couple of nights of inadequate sleep could temporarily reduce insulin…

The owner of Fortitude Valley wine bar Dark Red works late most nights of the week. Getting to sleep before midnight is a rarity, as is waking up before 9.30am

You may have heard about hormone-balancing diets and certain dishes promising to tweak your hormone levels. But is there such a thing as a hormone-balancing food?

This week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of eliminating the practice of changing the clocks twice a year, instead opting for permanent daylight saving time. The bill, called the Sunshine Protection Act, now moves to the Senate, although it’s not clear when the Senate will vote on it. If approved, it then goes…

I’m not sure when it became a competition to do as much as possible before going to bed. At first, I was fascinated by those ‘morning shed’ TikToks, watching nighttime rituals of 21-year-old influencers involving face tape, heatless curlers and peel-off lip liners

If there were a pill that lowered blood pressure, improved cholesterol, reduced blood sugar, helped control weight, preserved muscle and bone, sharpened thinking, lifted mood, and cut the risk of at least eight different cancers—without a prescription and with minimal side effects—it would likely be front page news

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Are your hearing aids helping China spy on you? How about your heart monitor?

If you’ve ever been hooked up to a wearable machine at a doctor’s office, then you’re familiar with the electrodes that are attached to your body to monitor its electrical signals. The problem with these prefabricated metal-based or hydrogel electrodes is that they don’t always stay in place during movement, for long periods or on…