Health & Family

The first Australian guide to peri menopause, featuring Shelly's incredible story along with interviews with local and international menopause experts including Dr Louise Newson, Dr Mary Claire Haver, Dr Kelly...

In 2021, Kellie Finlayson, with a three-month-old daughter, found herself staring down the barrel of a terminal diagnosis: Stage 4 bowel cancer. She was 25. Incredibly, Kellie is still fighting...

New York Times Bestseller One of Oprah Daily's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 People's Best Books of May 2025 On July 1, 1975, Kelsey Grammer's younger sister, eighteen-year-old Karen Grammer,...

Natascha McElhone was away filming in LA, with her two sons and pregnant with her third child when she received news that her beloved husband, Martin, had died suddenly of...

The follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor's The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief-and life's other major stressors-on the human body. Coping with...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Do you want to know the key to raising resilient kids, from the inside out In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising healthy kids in our modern world,...

An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success 'The best sports book I have read in decades' - Kevin Norquay, Stuff 'Startlingly honest' - Phil...

The SEXY Diet is a powerful four-part weight loss system that will speed up your metabolismand turn on your skinny genes. How do you turn on your skinny genes? Author,...

A woman's biology is still seemingly invisible to many psychiatrists, obstetricians, gynecologists, and other physicians. Sichel, a psychiatrist, and Driscoll, a nurse, have carefully created a book that should help...

The founders of the popular blog Your Zen Mama share their experiences and tips on becoming a mother - while trying to stay Zen! - in this practical and beautiful...

When genetics can predict how we may die, how then do we decide how to live? When genetics can predict how we may die, how then do we decide how...

United We Stand. Together We Heal. As a nation we watched as heroic rescuers sifted through the rubble in search of signs of life. As individuals, we are still sifting...

Can good things emerge - unexpectedly - from the cancer journey? Reeling from the death of her mother, Sally Collings saw nothing positive whatsoever about the disease. But then she...

With so many people worldwide affected by Irritable Bowel Syndrome, it is important that we all know the details behind recognising and curing this affliction. IBS: Food, Facts and Recipes...

Millions of people suffer from migraines - those excruciating headaches that can last for hours or even days. The symptoms can include debilitating pain, extreme sensitivity to sound and light,...

"Brain Builders!" is the powerful new guide to maximizing your brain's awesome potential. Over 100 "Barin Builders!" secrets, workouts, and anatomies make it easy to develop and maintain razor-sharp mental...

Coleen Nolan - singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way - formed...

Something's up down below ... Urinary tract infections result in 8.1 million visits to a doctor every year, and between 50% and 60% of adult women will have at least...

Gain Control of Mental Illness provides a wide overview of all aspects which are part of, and closely associated with, Mental Illness (MI). The medical components and projection of MI,...

Surveys current hormone replacement treatments, discusses the influence of homones on one's health, and tells how to maintain hormone balance.

A warm, reflective, and uplifting memoir about healing wounds, reclaiming a voice and discovering freedom through the open water. The open water. To the uninitiated, it represents the unknown, an...

A look at the chemicals surrounding us that's "hard-hitting . . . yet also instills hope for a future in which consumers make safer, more informed choices" ( The Washington...

Has been written especially for people with irritable bowel syndrome and also for those with celiac disease who require a gluten free diet. The book is full of delicious and...

From early childhood boys often feel pressured to be athletic and muscular. But what impact does this have on physical and mental well-being through their teens and beyond? Worryingly, a...

Severe anxiety affects a huge number of women in pregnancy and the postnatal period, making a challenging time even more difficult. You may be suffering from uncontrollable worries about pregnancy...

In 2004 Karen Leibovitch was a busy mother of three young children, running a small counselling practice from home. But a routine visit to her GP led to a diagnosis...

As seen on Australian Story on the ABC A family doctor shares a mother and father's determination to save their son This story of a father's search to find a...

Sinusitis has become one the most common chronic illnesses. Dr Williams has been involved in the diagnosis and treatment of sinus disease since the 1940s, and he has written this...

A practical guide to better communication that will break the blackmail cycle for good, by one of the nation's leading therapists, Susan Forward. "Breathe a sigh of relief! Susan Forward...

Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system...

Western culture prizes male strength, upper-body bulk and muscularity, but ignores male genitalia for all but sexual function. Combining traditional western science with alternative body systems, this guide to male...

A practical, straightforward approach to preventing, understanding and treating headaches. Professor Lance discuses all the latest treatments available, including the new drug, sumatriptan. He offers the most up-to-date information on...

The moving story of how, in just three generations, an ancient way of life was lost - as witnessed from the fields of a small Lake District farm As a...

Teenager Jake Bailey's inspirational account of overcoming cancer. 'None of us get out of life alive, so be gallant, be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the opportunities you...

Ryle Winn had never had it so good. Happily married with grown-up children, he'd just bought his own cattle property and owned the smartest working dog around. Equally at home...

Inspirational blogger, campaigner, journalist, podcaster and influencer who has had multiple rounds of chemotherapy in her battle with stage four bowel cancer reveals how to live your best life with...

Honest, funny, moving conversations about mental health, identity and contemporary issues between bestselling author and her teenage daughter 'Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations' THE TIMES How can we...

A gripping journey through the past, present and future of vaccines. Vaccination is arguably the greatest public health achievement in history, yet the disappearance of many diseases has also seen...

This tech could change everything for women - here's how. From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says 'welcome to being a...

'Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun 'She is fearless in her depiction of female desire - I...

The only Australian book to address a growing phenomenon: children's food allergies and how to deal with them Food allergy occurs in around 1 in 20 children, with symptoms involving...

Have you ever experienced the frustration of watching your elderly relative or friend's health and general function decline? Have you ever been told that it's just "old age" that causes...

Sugar Daddy will change the way you view diabetes and a healthy lifestyle. Sugar Daddy breaks new ground by blending years of scientific research and clinical practice with simple and...

Every parent's guide to managing their child's allergy The Allergy-Free Baby and Toddler Book is the guide that all worried parents have been waiting for. Written by Charlotte Muquit, a...

This volume presents practical information on living with Parkinson's disease. It uses a question-and-answer format to focus the material on the key areas of interest, and adopts a personalized, non-technical...

In her bestselling classic The Courage to Heal, Laura Davis helped millions heal from the pain of child sexual abuse. Now, in I Thought We'd Never Speak Again, she tackles...