Book Review: Blokes Health by Dr Bernie Crimmins

Blokes Health

Rating: Blokes’ Health is written by Dr. Bernie Crimmins who has been a General Practitioner for 27 years and features cartoons by published illustrator and cartoonist Paul Harvey. Some of you may ask why a men’s health book is being featured in an online women’s magazine? But it is often women who are the driving [...]

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The Butterfly Effect: A New Positive Approach to Raising Happy, Confident Teen Girls

There is something poignant in the title of The Butterfly Effect – a book that gently prises open the cocoon surrounding teenage girls; those delicate creatures caught half-way between a lengthy and often difficult metamorphosis into womanhood. Like butterflies, teenage girls are in the process of blossoming into a life of full-blown potential, but the [...]

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The Real Man’s Tool Box: A DIY Health Manual for Men

Released in time for Fathers Day, The Real Man’s Tool Box by Tammy Farrell is the most important book your husband, father, brother, son, or male friend, will read all year. In May 2009, the Senate’s Select Committee on Men’s Health released its report on the state of men’s health in Australia. The Committee reported [...]

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Book Review: The Secret Pleasures of Menopause by Christiane Northrup

At the age of 39, I figured I had about 10 years before I personally needed to read a book on menopause. But as my job also requires that I review books that may be of interest to women, I recently spent some time getting acquainted with The Secret Pleasures of Menopause by Christiane Northrup [...]

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Living Gluten Free for Dummies

According to the latest research, 1 per cent of Australians (over 200,000 people) are affected by Coeliac disease. If you have a wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, coeliac disease, or you just want to enjoy the benefits of a diet free of wheat, barley, and rye, then there’s a new guide for you. Packed with over [...]

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