By the time we have learnt about life in the hard way, we are often too old to make use of our newly-found wisdom.

If you want to stay safe and healthy and in one piece, there are certain things in your life that you should simply never do.

While there still may be time to lose a kilo or two, it's too late to turn into Angelina Jolie before your annual beach holiday. It's time for crisis management.

People use the classifieds to find all sorts of things - accommodation, a partner, dogs, second-hand clothes or sportsgear. What about the health hazards that might lurk here?

Music can touch people in many profound ways. This goes for musicians too. What are the health risks involved in being a musician?

Sheer blind panic. And there's no one around to help. Here are 10 things everyone should know about emergencies. It could be fatal not to read this article.

The rape of a toddler, her subsequent death, and her mom of 19 who is pregnant with her fourth child - all part of the same shocking news story.

At a loss when it comes to your reading list? Here are some suggestions from the Health24 staff. We really liked these books, and we think you will too.

I always wanted a perfect little white picket fence family...

A while ago, Health24 editor, Heather Parker, asked for readers' best jokes. Here they are.

They shake, they shiver, they giggle, they hop around or they go quiet and grey. SA Idols is about to start again. What causes stage fright and how can it be overcome?

Win R 5000 and gain some valuable insight into what other SA women are thinking.

Our bodies are made up of intricate systems, but those systems break down. Among our experts are specialists who deal with very specific systems. Put these gurus to good use.

Warning labels have become part of the branding in cigarettes, and lately also on alcoholic beverages. But can we really protect everyone from everything?

Summer increases the pressure on us to slim down and pretty up, but obsessing about beauty can go too far.

As Breast Cancer Awareness month draws to a close, we put together a gallery of images from some of the events that took place in October 2009 to highlight this disease.

Everyone wants to be slim and beautiful for summer - ask the experts for their help.

Drugs have not always been scheduled, there was a time when wines were fortified with cocaine.

The results of heat magazine’s first-ever body survey are in, and it shows that South African women are really hard on themselves… and with reason, it turns out.

Swimming astronauts, pigs that glow florescent green, violent sleepwalkers, and robotic pets in nursing homes – the frontiers of research are morphing into science fiction.

Every year some special woman wins the Shoprite/Checkers Woman of the year award. The bouquets, the prizes, the press. But what about those unsung heroines in our society?

There are some really weird things people do. Take a few minutes and look at the following 12 things. Are we weird, or what?

From a shaving guide, to metabolism boosters to sex positions and medical mysteries: these have been the top slideshows on Health24 during 2011.

Are you always swamped with daily chores, hard at work on the latest fundraising committee or too busy to even go out for a cup of coffee? Surprise: You’re your own worst enemy.