A curated collection of timely editorial health campaigns — published for awareness weeks, awareness months and the health moments that arrive through the year. Written carefully, without alarm, and free to read.
Special Feature Nº23
Perimenopause Collection
What a heavier bleeding pattern may mean, what is useful to notice, and when the change deserves assessment.
What a heavier bleeding pattern may mean, what is useful to notice, and when the change deserves assessment.
Special Feature Nº22
Perimenopause Collection
What it can mean when your cycle starts arriving sooner than it used to, what’s useful to track, and when to bring it to your practitioner.
A cycle that starts arriving sooner than it used to can be part of perimenopause, but it isn’t automatically that. This feature covers why cycle timing changes, why one cycle isn’t the whole story, what’s useful to track, what a practitioner may consider, and when to make a routine, prompt or urgent appointment.
Pain Relief & Self-Care
Pain Relief & Self-Care
What heat and ice can each help with, what to notice when you use them, and how to use them safely.
There isn’t always one right answer. This feature covers what ice and heat can each genuinely offer, how to decide based on what you’re trying to change, how to turn what you notice into useful information, how to use both safely, and when to have the pain assessed instead.
Movement & Musculoskeletal Health
Movement & Musculoskeletal Health
The difference you’ve noticed is useful. It can help you understand what your knee is responding to and what to do next.
Going down can hurt when going up feels fine, because the knee is doing a different job. This feature walks through why that happens, what else brings the pain on, the three things worth noticing, what may have changed, what you can do this week, and when to arrange an assessment.
Women’s Health · Period Pain
Women’s Health · Period Pain
When pain stops being background noise.
Why the uterus cramps, what may make period pain worse, and when to ask for help.
Sleep · Night Waking · Recovery
Sleep · Night Waking · Recovery
The hour the mind refuses to settle.
Why waking is normal, what turns a brief wake into an hour awake, the habits that make 3am louder, and when it’s worth a review.
Stress · Mental Wellbeing · Recovery
Stress · Mental Wellbeing · Recovery
What happens when recovery never quite catches up.
Why ongoing stress becomes exhausting, what else can contribute, and what genuinely helps.
Movement · Sitting · Everyday Health
Movement · Sitting · Everyday Health
Your exercise matters. So does movement across the rest of your day.
Why long stretches of sitting are worth noticing — and simple ways to break them up.
Knee Pain · Movement · Assessment
Knee Pain · Movement · Assessment
Why knee pain can develop without one obvious cause, what your symptoms can tell you, and when it’s worth getting checked.
Knee pain often arrives without a single obvious moment when something went wrong. This feature walks through why that happens, why pain isn’t a perfect damage meter, what a scan can and can’t tell you, what your own symptom pattern is worth noticing, the early steps that generally help, what osteoarthritis actually means, and the symptoms that shouldn’t wait.
Back Pain · Movement · Recovery
Back Pain · Movement · Recovery
What helps most back pain settle, why keeping moving usually matters, and the signs that mean you shouldn't wait.
Back pain can feel far more serious than it is. This feature walks through what pain actually tells you, whether rest or movement helps more, building movement back without one perfect exercise, when a scan is and isn't useful, leg and nerve symptoms, the small group of symptoms that shouldn't wait, and why a flare-up doesn't mean going backwards.
Special Feature Nº11
World AIDS Day 2026
Testing, prevention, treatment and why old assumptions about HIV no longer tell the whole story.
A calm, current guide to HIV in Australia: what has genuinely changed, the difference between HIV and AIDS, why feeling well tells you nothing about your status, how testing actually works, PrEP and PEP, what undetectable means for transmission, who is affected, and what a diagnosis means today.
Special Feature Nº09
World Diabetes Day 2026
Feeling well doesn't always tell the whole story — type 2 diabetes can develop quietly, over months or years, without obvious symptoms to prompt a visit.
A calm, practical guide to early action on diabetes: what glucose and insulin actually do, why type 2 diabetes can develop without symptoms, what shapes risk, what a GP checks, what an elevated result means, why diabetes is not a character judgement, and why earlier recognition matters.
Special Feature Nº08
Movember / Men's Health Month 2026
Many health problems give little warning at first — a check-up is about understanding your risks, noticing changes and knowing what is worth discussing.
A calm, practical guide for anyone who feels well and hasn't booked anything: what a check-up actually involves, the risks you can't feel, which cancer checks are genuinely relevant, the changes that are easy to explain away, sex and sleep, distress that doesn't look like sadness, and how to make the appointment count.
Special Feature Nº07
World Menopause Day 2026
The changes can be subtle, surprising and sometimes difficult to connect — here's what may happen through perimenopause and menopause, and when it's worth talking with your GP.
A calm, practical guide to the years around menopause: what perimenopause actually is, the symptoms that rarely get connected, why not everything is hormonal, why a single blood test rarely settles the question, the treatment conversation, the things we don't talk about enough, and the health you can't feel.
Special Feature Nº06
World Mental Health Day 2026
When something doesn’t feel quite right, you don’t need a diagnosis — or a perfect explanation — to start the conversation.
A calm, practical guide for the in-between moment — after someone has noticed that something has changed, but before they know what to call it. The feature explains what “not feeling like yourself” can look like, how to start the conversation with a GP, what may happen next, how to check in with someone you care about, and when support should not wait.
Special Feature Nº05
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2026
A calm, clear guide to breast health — what's normal, what's worth mentioning, and why noticing a change is not the same as expecting bad news
Most of what's written about breast cancer in October is designed to make you act. This isn't that. It's a guide to knowing what's normal for you, understanding which pathway applies when — and feeling less alone in the moment you decide to mention something.
Special Feature Nº03
World Suicide Prevention Day 2026
What to notice, what to say, and what helps when someone isn’t themselves
World Suicide Prevention Day 2026. A quiet companion for anyone who has ever thought, “I don’t know if I should say something.” If life is in immediate danger, call 000. For support any time, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Special Feature Nº02
Women's Health Week 2026
The checks, symptoms and conversations we quietly put off
Most women are very good at looking after everybody else. This Women's Health Week feature is a gentle interruption: what we learn to live with, what change is worth raising, the checks that quietly get deferred, heart health, the shifting years, and the things we don't say out loud.
Special Feature Nº01
Asthma Week 2026
A short check-in for anyone who lives with asthma
Many people live with asthma that is quietly less controlled than it could be. This short Asthma Week feature walks through what we tend to normalise, how control is actually measured, inhaler technique, triggers, action plans and first aid.