Former taxi driver Leanne Beaumont doesn’t need to be told by strangers she’s “fat and needs to go on a diet”. At her heaviest, she weighed 254 kilograms and has tried everything to get the weight off – a problem dating back to childhood. But it’s not gluttony that’s causing her problems. It’s her […]
Woman who lost 159 kilos body-shamed for saggy skin
A woman has been body-shamed during a vacation in Mexico. Jacqueline Adan, 30, has lost an impressive 159 kilos this past year and decided to hit the pool for the first time in years. As soon as she removed her clothing and stood in her swimwear, feeling “nervous” but determined to enjoy the moment, a […]
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Does collecting more eggs increase your chance of pregnancy from IVF?
New research indicates that egg quantity is an important determinant of IVF success One of the success factors many women and couples focus on when undergoing IVF treatment is the number of eggs retrieved at the oocyte pick up (OPU) stage of the cycle. But does this number (high or low) affect the likelihood of […]
The truth about MSG
MSG is the Chris Brown of ingredients – despised by many for the bad taste it leaves in their mouth. But according to scientists, monosodium glutamate isn’t necessarily deserving of its bad reputation (unlike Chris Brown, who definitely is). The whole “MSG is the devil” thing began in the 1960s when a scientist named Dr Ho […]
Parents of babies who died of whooping cough lead new government vaccination campaign
The parents of babies Riley Hughes and Dana McCaffery, who both died of whooping cough, are part of a government campaign to boost immunisation rates. “Our baby Dana died of whooping cough. She was only one month old and too young to be vaccinated,” Toni McCaffery says say in the new Get the Facts campaign. […]
Multiple rounds of IVF ‘increases chances’
Going through multiple rounds of IVF increases the chances of having a baby, a new study has found. The research followed more than 56,000 women from Australia and New Zealand who had undergone IVF. It found that 33% of women had a baby as a result of their first IVF cycle. By the eighth cycle, […]
Common vitamin can prevent birth defects and miscarriage, landmark Australian study finds
Australian researchers have discovered a common dietary supplement found in red meat, poultry and even Vegemite can prevent miscarriages and birth defects in a blockbuster study. The double breakthrough found having low levels of a molecule called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) prevents a baby’s organs from developing correctly in the womb and could be cured […]
Genea’s Grow app gives IVF patients 24-hour access to embryo
FOR families like the Ryans, being able to see their embryos growing could have been just what was needed to get them through the IVF journey. An Australia-first app by fertility group Genea will give IVF patients 24-hour access to photos and videos of their embryos during the five days they spend in an incubator. […]