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Back to SearchUsing food to help treat depression
Australia has been at the forefront of research into how what we eat affects our mental health.
What do we know so far, and what are some small chang…
11 months, 1 week ago
Helping pregnant women stop smoking — safely
Quitting smoking can be tough, and for many women who've fallen pregnant their only option has been to go cold turkey.
Researchers are trying to figu…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The key to creativity? You might be overthinking it
A study of people with neurodegenerative disease has discovered that bursts of creativity can happen when the brain is shutting down.
Also, there's a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Why there's no quick fix for osteoarthritis
A new resource has launched to provide information to the millions of Australians living with osteoarthritis.
It pushes back against the idea that an…
1 year ago
Dr Google could be making your health anxiety worse
What used to be called hypochondria is now health anxiety — an excessive worry about developing a serious illness.
While experiences of health anxiet…
1 year ago
Early dementia signs from the body not the brain
When you have dementia, being diagnosed early can help you and your loved ones manage the condition. It could also aid in treatment.
A new study has f…
1 year ago
Listening to influencers could give you an incidentaloma
On social media, an influencer's job is to influence you — to get you to strive for a particular lifestyle or buy a specific product.
In some cases t…
1 year ago
Why some women are in the dark about breast density
Victoria is starting to notify women when they have dense breasts on their mammogram, following Western Australia and South Australia.
So what does t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Bowel cancer is happening younger — so why aren't people getting screened?
Australia has been highlighted in an international report on the rising incidence of bowel cancer in young people.
Our screening age was dropped last…
1 year, 1 month ago
As bird flu mutates, are eggs still safe to eat?
There's a shortage of eggs in Australia, and it might not let up as we brace for the arrival of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
That strain has shown is…
1 year, 1 month ago