Kathleen Orr, a 68-year-old clinical social worker, complains to her doctor that she struggles to remain focused, becomes easily distracted and has difficulty completing tasks at work and chores at home. After asking a few questions, her physician tells her that this is part of normal aging. Mary says, “But I’ve had this issue on-and-off my whole life.” The physician Read More

IT IS the gutsy documentary which questions everything we know about diet and weight loss. Now the man behind it is determined to bust quite a few myths about what is really making us all so fat — and the results will surprise you. While good food and exercise are no doubt crucial to a healthy body, leading diet and Read More

High Pay Centre says £14m earned by Bob Dudley last year during crisis at oil firm shows it is ‘losing contact with reality’ The High Pay Centre asked if Dudley was being rewarded for getting rid of people. Photograph: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images Bob Dudley, the chief executive of BP, earned nearly $20m last year – at a time when the Read More

Supporters of Gulen movement shout slogans during a protest outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, Turkey Turkish authorities seized control of the country’s largest newspaper on Friday, state-run media said, in a widening crackdown against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, an influential foe of President Tayyip Erdogan. Administrators have been appointed to run the Zaman Read More

Oh to have J Lo’s body. The 46-year-old sat down with news.com.au to explain how she does it. JENNIFER Lopez’s gravity-defying booty has been captivating us for decades. But when photos emerged last week of her rock hard abs in workout clothes we couldn’t look away. You’ve got to remember this lady is 46 and she’s had twins! So how Read More

Network Rail’s hiring of KPMG to market its substations to global investors marks start of privatisation, says RMT’s Mick Cash A train leaves London King’s Cross station. Only the NHS procures more electricity than Network Rail in the UK. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian Rail campaigners have denounced moves to potentially sell off Network Rail’s power assets as the Read More

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump shows off the size of his hands as rivals Marco Rubio (L) and Ted Cruz (R) look on at the start of the U.S. Republican presidential candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan, Mainstream U.S. Republicans struggled for a strategy on Friday to stop their party’s presidential front-runner Donald Trump from becoming the nominee for the Read More

A NINETEEN-year-old Melbourne woman may have to have skin grafts after what she said was a severe sunburn caused by faulty sunblock. Taryn Hawken, of Pakenham, who has multiple sclerosis, went to an event with her friends last month where she spent most of the day in the sun. Ms Hawken said she applied Banana Boat Sport SPF 30 sunblock Read More

Retailer briefed staff about turnaround plan on Friday morning, with 220 jobs to go from stores and 150 from head office BHS is threatening to close up to half its stores if landlords do not agree to reduce the rents. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA BHS plans to make more than 350 people redundant as the struggling department store chain is forced Read More

Patients will have to notify the government by June if they do not wish their personal health information used in such a record. ONE million Australians will automatically have their personal health information uploaded onto the internet from July as the government tries to resurrect the failed $1 billion e-health record. More than 360,000 residents of Penrith in Sydney’s west Read More