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Last week was Sleep Awareness Week. This is an annual event that highlights the importance of having good quality sleep. This year’s theme is ‘Sleep on it: Memory and problem solving’ and [...]

After hearing me speak at a conference recently, a member of the audience asked if I would write a letter to their employer encouraging them to invest in stand-up desks for the workplace. So I [...]

Sally Obermeder and Ryan Phelan from Channel 7’s The Daily Edition asked Dr Helena to provide some answers. Here is a transcript of their conversation. 1. Why do we eat in response to stress? [...]

Welcome to the new year!  Do you set goals, make resolutions or plan how you’d like the coming year to unfold?  We can’t control outcomes but we can make daily decisions that align with our [...]

The world is drowning in information on health, nutrition and exercise. From liver cleansing to lentils, leotards to lycra, low cal to lavage and portion size to paleo, new weight loss trends are [...]

Ebor is a small town in northern NSW with a population of 166 people. It has one café, one hotel and one waterfall. I stopped there for lunch during my 5 hour drive home from Armidale where I had [...]

If there was a method you could apply quickly and easily to shed excess body fat without dieting, deprivation, denial or discipline, would you be interested in giving it a go? If you could learn [...]

Griffith University is inviting people with type 2 diabetes who are NOT on insulin to participate in a research study evaluating a new injectable medicine that will be used to improve blood sugar [...]

DNA stands for De-oxyribo-Nucelic Acid. It’s the stuff we inherit from our parents and it’s found inside the nucleus of our cells. (Some is also found in our mitochondria.) Recently I compared [...]

Imagine that a relative has died and left you money in a bank account. What will you do with it? Will you spend it, invest it, or leave it sitting in the account until you figure out your best [...]