To coincide with the 80th anniversary of blood collection services in Australia, the Federal Government has designated 2009 the Year of the Blood Donor. The 14th June 2009 is also World Blood Donor Day. It’s an opportunity to showcase and recognise the Millions of special donors all over the world...

If you are a fan of the television show “House”, you just might have heard of LUPUS before, as it seems to be Dr House’s default diagnosis most of the time. But really the most common response I get when I tell people that I have suffered from Lupus for 19 years is, “Lupus …what...

Mon.thly is an interesting new website. It’s a easy tool to help you keep track of your menstrual cycles. Each time you start a new period, login and add the date to your Mon.thly account. After a few months, it will be able to predict given you past history when your next cycle will start. It...

Are you scales screaming at you for help?  In the forums we are putting a call out for all the fatties to join us in the 12 week AFW Biggest loser challenge. Lots of girls have already signed up to be a loser,  to hopefully lose weight and make some healthy life changes. The challenge starts tomorrow,...

Thanks to celebrities such as Olivia Newton John, Anastacia, Kylie Minogue and Belinda Emmett, there is a significant increase in breast cancer awareness among women of all ages. But how many women over the age of 40 years old do you know who put off their regular mammogram for weeks or even months? I’m...

Free Rice is a online vocabulary game that will help you learn as well as help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. Since it’s 7 October launch, Free Rice has donated over 1.5 billion grains of rice which is enough to feed 75 000 people for one day. The idea is simple,...

Megan at ImginIf  writes about a story in the Sun Herald today. Research that shows a staggering 45 per cent of women were abused as children by family members, friends or strangers.  Abuse ranged from non-contact behaviour such as indecent exposure or being forced to watch pornography, through to...

Right around the world, October is Breast Cancer Month. A whole month devoted to raising awareness and funds to help fight breast cancer. It is estimated that some 1.2million people worldwide will be diagnosied with Breast Cancer worldwide. There are many ways that you can get involved to help spread...