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Polycystic ovary syndrome is believed to be the most common endocrine condition in women of reproductive age, affecting between 6 and 13 per cent.

A doctor said I was ‘too skinny’ to have PCOS. Five years later, I received a diagnosis

Despite having many symptoms associated with polycystic ovary syndrome, the absence of one left me in limbo for too long.

  • Hannah Bambra

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Last week, the government announced children will be moved off the National Disability Insurance Scheme and onto the Thriving Kids scheme.

NDIS wasn’t equitable or sustainable for families. As a paediatrician, I welcome change

While the NDIS has enabled better access to supports for some children, it is neither.

  • Harriet Hiscock
Kitchenwares

I keep my kitchen wares perfectly matching - but for one item I embrace chaos

Some people like to keep their kitchen all matchy-matchy, but a well-curated cupboard can hold a life-time of memories.

  • Claire Thurstans
The woman slipped on the wet bathroom floor following a spa bath. (file picture)

Baths are good in theory – but horrendous in practice

I want to suck all the pleasures from life but I don’t understand the appeal of some things.

  • Richard Glover
Michael Kalaf is trying to turn his life around after years in and out of prison while battling a heroin addiction.

I found a photo of myself on my phone. It forced me to rethink my whole life

Nobody told me that what I was doing was so close to killing me. Until I saw that photo, I thought it was everyone else who was doing life wrong.

  • Michael Kalaf
The three-word advice challenge is taking off on social media.

Want to give great advice to your loved ones? Try these three words

Listening to my mum’s neurosurgeon, I went into a brief fugue state, thinking about how to condense a lifetime’s worth of knowledge into a soundbite.

  • Kate Halfpenny
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Wayne Carey has slammed the people who filmed him exiting a bathroom in Melbourne.

Wayne Carey was mayor of Grub Island, but this time I agree with him

We’ve all seen this Carey plot before, but what is the big deal with this viral video of him leaving a toilet? We should be more concerned about the actions of Mark Latham.

  • Kate Halfpenny
The bizarre uniqueness of the Erin Patterson trial kept us transfixed.

If someone like Erin Patterson could do this, how well do we really know anyone?

Unlike Patterson, most of us don’t act on our worst impulses. But like her, we’re taken on appearances, and we all have our own secrets.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Julia Pound shared images from her holiday in the Alps and her followers assumed they were AI-generated. 

I posted my holiday shots on Instagram and no one believes they’re real

Something about the way the sun hit the Alps that day, coupled with a miniature bottle of Schnapps, made me hurl my rule book out the window.

  • Julia Pound
How much longer could I spend dodging posts about Trinny Woodall’s eyeshadow?

Instagram has decided I’m a sad old sack. It’s only partly true

An email had warned me I was locked out of my account due to “suspicious activity”. And like that, I lost milestones, breakdowns and my dog’s I Dream of Jeannie costume.

  • Kate Halfpenny