Lifestyle

Learn how to best manage lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, stress, supplements, etc. to maximise your endocrine health.

26 01, 2025

Moving from pediatric to adult care: not as scary as it sounds

2025-01-26T21:27:32+10:00January 26th, 2025|Categories: Community, Lifestyle, Reproductive health|Tags: , |

Remember when you turned 18 and you instantly knew how to juggle responsibilities, manage your time, and navigate bureaucracies without feeling overwhelmed or making any silly mistakes? I don’t either. But that’s how the [...]

18 01, 2025

Cortisol, stress and chronic disease: what’s the connection?

2025-01-20T20:59:19+10:00January 18th, 2025|Categories: Adrenal gland, Hormone biology, Lifestyle|Tags: , , |

If you don’t already have enough to worry about, have you ever thought about how stress is really bad for you? We usually think of stress as a mental thing, but the feeling of [...]

16 12, 2024

Don’t buy testosterone online from strangers on the internet

2024-12-16T13:32:19+10:00December 16th, 2024|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Men’s health, Reproductive health|Tags: , , , , |

It feels hypocritical to warn you about buying testosterone online when testosterone replacement therapy has made such a huge difference in my life. The benefit for me was instant – better energy, better mood, [...]

22 10, 2024

The Penis Is A Pointer to Men’s Overall Health

2024-10-22T16:05:53+10:00October 22nd, 2024|Categories: Cardiovascular, Lifestyle, Men’s health, Reproductive health|Tags: , , , , , |

If eyes are the window to the soul, then the penis is the measuring stick of men’s heath. While many men think a dodgy todger is a natural part of ageing, penis health is [...]

8 10, 2024

How obesity affects your sperm and fertility

2024-10-08T14:23:15+10:00October 8th, 2024|Categories: Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Men’s health, Obesity, Research Updates|Tags: , , , |

It turns out that when it comes to fertility, size does matter – but maybe not in the way we all assumed. Every day it feels like there’s some new advice for would-be dads [...]

19 08, 2024

Does PCOS cause heart disease? Dr Jillian Tay explains.

2024-08-19T00:32:44+10:00August 19th, 2024|Categories: Cardiovascular, Lifestyle, Reproductive health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , |

Like many health conditions affecting women and people with ovaries, PCOS had historically been misconstrued as a problem with the lady parts. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome remains under-diagnosed, its mechanisms under-researched and its impact under-estimated. [...]

22 11, 2023

An overview of current and future medications for obesity

2023-11-22T23:11:08+10:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , , |

Obesity is a chronic health condition affecting nearly a third of Australians. As a risk factor for illness and death it’s second only to smoking. Holding excess weight has been linked to 30 diseases [...]

20 09, 2023

New guidelines for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

2023-09-20T17:08:19+10:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Reproductive health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , |

For women, nonbinary people, and trans men, PCOS symptoms can be distressing, confusing, and painful – and, unfortunately, so can the healthcare meant to treat it. PCOS is a difficult condition to diagnose and [...]

23 05, 2023

Fatigue, weight gain – is it my thyroid?

2024-11-11T19:41:57+10:00May 23rd, 2023|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Lifestyle, Thyroid gland|Tags: , , , |

At this point in history, who could say no to an extra few hours of sleep or a nice afternoon nap? However, if you’ve been feeling run down for months, tired without reason, exhausted [...]

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