Andrea Duvall

Jan 15, 2024 | preventionaus.com.au | Andrea Duvall

Cruising holidays are often associated with lavish buffets, bottomless cocktails and festive late nights – all of which can leave you feeling like you kind of need another holiday to recover. Some cruises, however, offer you the perfect counter-balance – so along with all the regular fun, they offer the kind of wellness activities you’d normally find at a prestigious spa resort.

Sep 19, 2023 | preventionaus.com.au | Andrea Duvall

In the years leading up to menopause, women’s hormones are inclined to roller-coaster, triggering a range of symptoms including hot flushes. For around two thirds of women hot flushes are part of this life stage, known as perimenopause, or the gradual shift into menopause, (when your body no longer produces viable eggs and your periods stop). What causes hot flushes?

Aug 20, 2023 | preventionaus.com.au | Andrea Duvall

Maybe you accidentally did a wee when you had a fit of giggles, or maybe you’ve woken up for the fourth time tonight with an urgent need to go to the toilet. What’s going on? After all, our bladder is something you’ve had under control ever since you came out of nappies. And yet the facts show that one in three women has some form of bladder issues, also known as incontinence. What’s more, these can become a growing problem as we head through our 40s, 50s and beyond.

Aug 20, 2023 | preventionaus.com.au | Andrea Duvall |Tiffany Ezinwa Oneyjika

Is your waistband feeling a tad more snug than it did last year? Let’s not sugarcoat it, our busy lives make it easy to put our health on the backburner. And it’s also a fact that with each decade, from our 30s onwards, our bodies become more resistant to change, making it that bit harder to lose weight. Carrying a couple of extra kilos isn’t a big deal.

Aug 13, 2023 | preventionaus.com.au | Andrea Duvall

Sculptor Jo Caminiti describes her time in perimenopause as “a bit like the frog in the pot that's slowly being brought to the boil—you don't actually know what's going on,” she says. For her, it started with disruptions to her sleep. “It was my early- to mid-40s. I was starting to have sleep disturbances. But I'd had a marriage breakdown. I was a single mum, I was working full time. So, of course, you're gonna have sleep disturbances.