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Award winning Chef, author and TV personality Manu Feildel was told as a child he was descended from the Vikings. 

What young boy wouldn't want that to be true?

Will Manu find out he has Viking heritage? And will his love of the culinary arts be reflected in his bloodline? His story is revealed in the SBS series Who Do You Think You Are.

From "Ozempic face" to "Ozempic babies", women who are taking semaglutide for weight loss are reporting unexpected pregnancies, some even while they're taking the contraceptive pill.

So, what do we know for sure about how Ozempic affects fertility, and pregnancy? While it's early days, we get some helpful advice about using semaglutide and family planning.

We're used to leaving a doctor's appointment with a prescription for medication, or a referral for a specialist, but what about a prescription for a movie club? A cooking class? A craft circle? Dance Therapy? Doctor's orders!

Social prescribing is a treatment system where healthcare providers connect people with social activities in their local community to improve their mental and physical health. 

So how does it work? And could it be coming to a GP near you? 

You're seeing someone and you know it's not exclusive because he's into polyamory. But on your date he played you a voicemail from another person he's seeing.

You're worried he might be sharing personal information about you to other people he's seeing as well.

If you don't know those people, does it really matter? Or should this be a deal breaker?

Whether you're a fashionista or you just throw on whatever is at the top of the pile in your bedroom, you probably have views about the clothes you wear and what they communicate about you as a person.

Is what you wear an expression of your emotions, your identity, your past, your future? And how do those clothes make you feel?

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock have proposed to run for the Federal seat of Higgins as job-share representatives.

It seems there are a few hurdles to overcome before job-sharing is an easy option for politicians, but what about in our own workplaces?

Professor Rosalind Dixon looks at different models of job sharing, how it work for both businesses and employees, and whether this presents a new model for leadership.