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
A Queensland woman who consumed nothing but orange juice has raved about the diet — but experts disagree with her assertions. Anne Osborne restricted her diet due to Lent. In a video she posted reflecting on what she labelled a “wonderful” experience. She claimed to have felt emotional, physical andContinue Reading
Gen Z youths are bringing back tanning, much to the chagrin of older generations who learned too late of the damages inflicted by sun-beds, UV rays and tanning oils. Despite the wealth of information available about the health risks of tanning, like premature ageing and skin cancer, the skincare obsessedContinue Reading
Australia’s state health ministers have united to call on the federal government for urgent changes to Medicare for women suffering from endometriosis. Off the back of news.com.au’s ‘About Bloody Time’ campaign launch on Friday, every state and territory in the country has supported calls for longer, Medicare-funded consultations for theContinue Reading
Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova has reportedly “died of starvation” after subsisting exclusively off a diet of exotic fruit in Malaysia, according to her friends and family. She was 39. The Russian national – who frequently promoted raw foods on social media where she was known to her millions of viewersContinue Reading
Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explains the 3pm slump, what it can mean and how we avoid it. Question: Hi Dr Zac, How do I combat the 3pm slump at work? I find myself exhausted in the afternoon at myContinue Reading
Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner helps with a question about the risks of taking too many vitamins. QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, When my roommate is hungover he will drink a glass of water with five Berocca tablets. If that isn’tContinue Reading
Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner discusses the prospect of infertility. QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, My partner and I have decided to start a family. I’m a little nervous, however, as I have just seen my sister and her partner’s strugglesContinue Reading