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As many people cosy up to a warm heater or hot water bottle in the cooler months, for some it could end up in a trip to the emergency room or even worse.

Growing up in Strathfield in Sydney's inner west, Dr Helen Little had made friends with children all around her neighbourhood, and was free to roam around and play as she pleased.

Just three months after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, Karen Adams shifted her habits and rediscovered her zest for life without hard medication.

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Nothing breaks the biting iciness of winter like curling up in front of the heater, but experts are warning that winter can pose more of a risk to your health than just catching a chill.

A growing number of people over 50 are using a little-known government scheme to break into the housing market , as rising home prices see more people stepping onto the property ladder later in life.

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A thirst for adventure hasn't waned over the years for 80-year-old Queensland cattle farmer Anne Galloway.

While many fear middle age as the time when outspoken women shrink into invisibility, a new movement is raging against the machine and smashing stereotypes that women should be "put out to pasture".

Services Australia has quietly reinstated thousands in aged care funding which had been "stripped" from recipients in error, but some have only been given days to use it.