Wellbeing | The Runway

Wellbeing is important to all of us and is vital to the health and performance of any person. The term 'not just a job' could not be more accurate than when describing life in the military. Military life brings with it layers of challenges. Whilst highly rewarding, the military member will juggle extraordinary and often competing priorities. An individual will balance requirements for physical fitness, training and education schedules, long stints away from home, frequent relocations, and dedication to a service beyond reproach, just to name a few. This doesn't include the 'other' serving members - their family, without whom service would be less effective. The Runway focus is on reputable professional and academic sources that provide practical and authoritative guidance that can help motivate and inform your decision to reflect often, plan the changes necessary, and ultimately improve your physical, mental, and social wellbeing.

The four types of anxiety disorders and how to identify them

Anxiety is a natural emotion, but it can develop into a clinical disorder—and approximately one in four Australians have experienced some form of clinical anxiety during their lives.

List of Phobias: Common Phobias From A to Z

The author of this article outlines an A-Z list of common phobias and argues that most phobias fall into one of four major categories—the natural environment; animals; medical treatments and issues; and fears related to specific situations.

Is Lab-Grown Meat Healthy?

Many environmentally conscious people consider Lab-grown meat an ethical alternative to conventional meat; no animal is killed, and artificial meat can be modified to make it more nutritious.

Tropical forests have big climate benefits beyond carbon storage

Beyond their natural beauty, tropical forests have a crucial role in cooling the Earth’s surface. They not only suck in and store CO2, but they also create clouds, humidify the air and release cooling chemicals.

SUVs, Trucks More Prone to Hitting Pedestrians

A new report has found that larger vehicles are much more likely than cars to hit and kill pedestrians, suggesting that car drivers might better see pedestrians than drivers of larger vehicles.

Our Love Of Sport Is Now A Gateway To Gambling

Sport is woven into Australian culture, but the relationship between sport and gambling has again surfaced after betting agency Sportsbet was fined a record $A2.5 million for breaching Australia’s spam laws earlier this month (March).

Bionic eye that mimics how pupils respond to light may improve vision

A Chinese research team has developed a nanometre thick fibre that, when exposed to light, can send nerve-like signals to an artificial eye that can then respond to varying light levels—this could eventually lead to an artificial eye that can perform like a natural eye.

Managing the opioid crisis in North America and beyond

In 2020, North America observed the deadliest year yet of what can only be described as an opioid epidemic, with more than 100,000 drug overdoses recorded in the USA—almost 76,000 of them attributed to opioids.

How to make your diet more sustainable, healthy or cheap – without giving up nutrients

In this Article for ABC Australia, Bran Ridouttt notes that diet trends come and go, but no matter which diet you choose, it is still essential to make sure that you are getting the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients you need.

Here's what we know about the Omicron sub-variant BA.2

Australian health authorities are very concerned about how quickly an Omicron sub-variant of COVID-19 can spread.