Never go to bed with wet hair. Cold weather makes you sick. These age-old health tips have been passed down through generations but not all of them are grounded in science. As the winter chill sets in, it’s crucial to sort fact from fiction about staying well during the colderContinue Reading
Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explains why we get sick more often in the winter. QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, I feel like our whole family has been sick for weeks now and we’re not even halfway through winter. Why doContinue Reading
Another chilly weekend is set to hit Aussies in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the nation’s capital, with some showers sprinkled in to really hit the winter weather home. The Bureau of Meteorology says low pressure areas that have been sitting along the Tasman Sea all week will continueContinue Reading
There’s not much my face can’t handle, in fact, I’m fairly confident you could throw a nuclear bomb at it and my skin still wouldn’t react. Retinol? No problem. Vitamin C? My chops drink it like water. AHAs? Slather me in ‘em. This good fortune however came to an abruptContinue Reading
A brief cold snap is set to hit Australia’s eastern seaboard, bringing rain, thunderstorms and chilly weather for Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and southern Queensland. Sky News meteorologist Alison Osborne said the mercury will “take a dive” from Wednesday onwards, due to a burst of polar air from the Antarctic. VictorianContinue Reading
Australians in the southeastern states are being warned that dual cold fronts will bring in some frosty weather and even snow this week. July’s unseasonably warm weather is about to give way to some freezing temperatures in Victoria, NSW and Tasmania as a cold front skimmed our most southern stateContinue Reading
Australians in the southeastern states are being warned that dual cold fronts will bring in some frosty weather and even snow this week. July’s unseasonably warm weather is about to give way to some freezing temperatures in Victoria, NSW and Tasmania as a cold front skimmed our most southern stateContinue Reading
A series of cold fronts are expected to sweep from Australia from the west to the east, bringing rain and chilly temperatures across multiple states. The band of cold weather will hit Western Australia’s southwest coast on early Monday morning, before a larger second cold front will envelop the entireContinue Reading
New South Wales continues to record some of its most coldest mornings this year so far, as icy blasts welcome snow in the alpine areas. Sky News meteorologist Alison Osborne said Australians can expect the mornings to be colder over the next few days. Some towns recorded minimum temperatures belowContinue Reading
Australians can expect “abnormal” conditions throughout the winter season as two systems work together to bring unseasonably dry weather. While it was too soon to say for sure if an El Niño – bringing reduced rainfall and warmer temperatures – would occur during the winter, international climate models have indicatedContinue Reading