Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to international researchers who say it might actually be a byproduct of industrialised lifestyles ...

Media release From: University of South Australia Trust your doctor, not a chatbot. That’s the stark lesson from a world-first study that demonstrates why we shouldn’t be taking health advice ...

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In people with psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, mood, personality disorders, cannabis use before being admitted to hospital was more likely to lead them to also needing to be admitted to ...

People who use common psychiatric medications are more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND), according to international researchers who ...

Sulfur-crested cockatoos in western Sydney have learned to use twist-handle water fountains to drink, according to Aussie researchers who set camera traps. The team recorded the clever cockies ...

Media release From: Monash University A new study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health has found that a parent’s concern that their child is deteriorating in hospital is as strongly ...

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

Over one‐third of trans and bisexual Aussie teens have tried vaping, and regular vaping is three times as common among gay and lesbian teens as among their heterosexual peers, according to Australian ...

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions on the human genome associated with this debilitating yet ...

Media release From: The University of Sydney High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function World-first research links unhealthy diets to impaired location memory New research from the ...

Health outcomes for Indigenous people could be drastically improved by increasing access to cultural medicines through Medicare and the PBS. New research led by Dr Alana Gall and published in First ...