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Nov 28, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
It looks like supermarkets may be finally facing some consequences to their actions. The federal government this week introduced Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The Bill is primarily aimed at ensuring that supermarkets will face multi-million-dollar penalties for harmful breaches of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
It’s hard to know what advice to take when it comes to retirement. Some say people are spending it too fast, others say too many people are dying leaving a big lump of unspent super behind and as a result denying themselves an enjoyable later life. However, regardless of how the experts think we should be spending our money, a survey has found many older Australians are simply too scared to spend it due to rising aged care costs.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
What if fighting the onset of dementia was as simple as a few sniffs? Researchers at Texas A&M have discovered a new therapy that could delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by years. And there’s no complicated treatment, it can all be delivered by a nasal spray.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
Everyone recognises that Australia’s supermarket duopoly is distorting the grocery market. There’s been a lot of public hand-wringing about the issue, several government inquiries and a fair bit of finger-pointing, but not a lot in the way of concrete action. The Coalition has proposed breaking up the duopoly, but it’s easy to say that in opposition.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
The internet has improved our lives in ways we tend to forget, especially when it comes to travel. Previously, booking travel, including cruising, was based on recommendations from friends, travel brochures you flicked through at the travel agents and a big fat dose of good luck. But now the online world has opened up a world of possibilities, from great restaurants on tour, to wheelchair-friendly hotels. And cruising is no exception. Here’s our guide to making cruising, well, a bit more cruisy.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
Australians could be facing a healthcare vacuum, and probably increased costs, after hospital operator Healthscope announced it would terminate contracts with two major insurers. Healthscope, which operates 38 hospitals across the country, will no longer work with Bupa and the Australian Health Services Alliance (AHSA), following their refusal to pay a ‘facility’ fee. The decision will affect an estimated six million Australians.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
We all know drinking is bad for you, but a health expert has ruled on when exactly you should give up drinking entirely. American neurologist Dr Richard Restak has written 20 books on the human brain and has declared there is a set age you should become a teetotaller or risk brain damage. Dr Restak wants us all to give up drinking from the age of 65.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
Australia may have Medicare, but that doesn’t mean getting healthcare in this country is cheap. I experienced this first hand this week when a scan I paid $500 out of pocket for last year is now $735. Not surprisingly, as a result, medical tourism is on the rise and rise. BetterHealth about 15,000 Australians travel overseas for medical treatment each year, including $300 million a year on cosmetic surgery tourism alone.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
The festive season is upon us, and ’tis the season for bubbly drinks to match the mood. A great addition to your next get-together is a champagne cocktail. The choice is endless, all tastes can be catered for, and the good news is, you can turn an ordinary, affordable bottle of bubbles into something that zings. All recipes work just as well with a cheap and cheerful prosecco, domestic sparkling wine or cava. Here are five of our favourites. The original, and still one of the best.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
yourlifechoices.com.au | Jan Fisher
It’s long been a scientific mystery why women suffer more from auto-immune diseases than men. And it’s not by a just a little bit. It’s estimated four out of five people suffering from auto-immune diseases are women. Auto-immune diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis. And quite often if you have one of these conditions, you are at risk of being diagnosed with others.
