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I'm sure I can't be the only person in the world who sometimes sighs when he sees his bulging waistline. Every time I'm forced to throw away a pair of perfectly-good trousers just because I can't tip by flabby beer gut into them anymore, I feel totally depressed. All those…
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With the news that around 6 per cent of Australians will experience depression this year alone, it's evident that more needs to be done to catch the onset of the mental health illness. While we know the most common symptoms of depression - including feelings of worthlessness, lethargy and tearfulness…
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Diabetes is one of the biggest killers in the world today, and living with the disease is a life-changing diagnosis. Characterised by the pancreas and its inability to properly produce insulin and digest glucose, finding out you have diabetes can necessitate a giant change in your diet, not to mention…
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In the world of food, some establishments are easier to maintain than others. If you're managing a fast food restaurant, you may have to break up the occasional fight, while if you own a candy shop, you may have to shoo away 50 Cent - and his female friend who's…
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We all know somebody who can't go out in the sun without burning. Yes, there are plenty of naturally-pale people out there who can't enjoy more than an hour at the beach without getting crispy all of a sudden. No matter how much sunscreen they slather on their bodies, or…
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I surely wouldn't be reaching if I said that every woman out there has, at one time or another, felt at danger because of her gender. Unfortunately, having two X chromosomes often means that you can't do certain things alone, or if you do, you feel concerned about doing them…
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A wedding day is essentially an exercise in impossible levels of expectation. Forced fun is difficult to navigate at the best of times, but when you're trying to live up to the pressure of having the best day of your life, the odds are stacked very much against you. Quite apart from…
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Dating has always been a tricky game; but even in the twenty-first century, with its myriad dating apps and online match-making services that purport to make whole thing easier, it's still far from easy to find 'the one'. Of course, you can use Tinder if you're just interested in getting…
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Oh, to be young and to feel love's keen sting. Unfortunately, heartbreak is a part of love, and some of us are unluckier than others in our pursuit of something meaningful in a romantic context. Breakups happen; people move on, hurt, jaded and perhaps a little more cynical than they…
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When we think of cheating, we typically associate the notion with some kind of steamy love affair; brief encounters in dingy motel rooms, furtive glances across the dancefloor at company parties. However, there are many different aspects to cheating, and what one person might consider an act of infidelity, another…
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Unless you've really struck gold, first dates tend to be rather unpleasant experiences. Far from being the dimly lit romantic encounters that you see on the big screen, the majority of cases only result in reminding you of just how many people there are that you don't click with. But, we live to…
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Whisper it quietly, but life is full of disappointments. With every promotion, new relationship or unexpected relationship comes the tiny little niggles of human existence; an unexpected bill, a highly-anticipated movie or album turning out to be bad, a disagreement at home or work casting a massive cloud over the…
