COMMENT: What was a good-natured little interaction between two people, has suddenly been warped into something strained.

Your child may have made it through an itchy battle with chicken pox, but what about the scars they've been left with?

The front door opens and slams shut. A tell-tale thump signals a heavy rucksack falling to the floor as weary footsteps make their way along the hall.

COMMENT: A do-it-yourself version without the sugar is better for you.

We come together in summer in irregular ways. Hot, tipsy, temporarily unchained from work and duty.

Mother-of-two, Beck Vass, was looking forward to some "magical" family holiday time. Then reality set in.

Shelley Bridgeman reviews the controversy that erupted over a row between the "Mad Butcher" Sir Peter Leitch and a young woman offended by his alleged remarks.

COMMENT: Me, I like to flirt with dangerous ideas. Here are a few for the new year.

COMMENT: Wendyl Nissen headed to the supermarket on a mission to find some of our favourite barbecue foods with the least additives in them.

COMMENT: A flavoured tuna pocket is easy to take to work or to complete a meal but why not buy a tin and add your own fresh flavour.

COMMENT: Ditch the post-partying detox diet and let your incredible intrinsic cleansing system do the work it was made to do.

Greg Bruce's wife is a yoga teacher. She thinks him taking it up will change his life. Is she right?

Why hello there! Happy New Year! Welcome back! Here's to 2017!

Following revelations that dozens of predatory health professionals are still practising, Polly shares her own story as a victim of misconduct.

COMMENT: Steve Braunias predicts your future with incredible accuracy, possibly. Part two is here.

OPINION: Polly Gillespie is concerned to learn about a "condition" which suggests one partner is always thirstier than the other.

OPINION: Methods of detoxification have existed in different cultures for thousands of years, and science has started to catch up with traditional wisdom.

COMMENT: It looks as though our Advertising Standards Authority will, once again, fail to adopt a strict code of food advertising to children.

COMMENT: Steve Braunias predicts your future with incredible accuracy, possibly. Part two next week.

COMMENT: I understand that our reader finds this easy to prepare and it is less fatty than a true hollandaise but, oh, it has so many additives.

Can't wait to have a baby? Shelley Bridgeman explains why you may want to rethink your plans for starting a family.

George Michael is dead at 53 and we're not sure why, but we certainly speculate.

COMMENT: Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald identifies the most important thing you can do for some battling depression.

It's that time of year when hay fever sufferers' symptoms flare up. Here's how to keep the allergies under control.

The most 'trendy' psychotherapy around, here are five tips to get you started.

Every week I entreat you to write and you have and you do. Sometimes you've been cross, occasionally cruel, mostly, though, you've been thoughtful and you've been kind.

COMMENT: The most disappointing thing about this syrup is that nowhere on the packaging does it signal that it uses artificial sweeteners.

DEBORAH HILL CONE COMMENT: I know my father loved me. It just didn't feel like he did. I recently came across an old photo he took of me.

I often get asked "How do I cope with Christmas", which is weird, because it's the most wonderful time of the year apparently. But

Medicinal plants have been used throughout history to heal the sick.