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Infectious disease risk low priority for Australian travellers 10/10/2012

New research led by the University of Sydney's Family Medicine Research Centre reveals many Australians are inadequately protecting against potentially serious infectious diseases ...

Anti-cancer traits found in faba beans: research 10/10/2012

Anti-cancer properties have been found in extracts from Australian-grown faba beans, along with effects that may have implications for treating hypertension and maintaining healthy ...

Study finds most children eat four times the daily salt limit 10/10/2012

A Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk.

What if your antibiotics didn't work? 10/9/2012

Experts call for simple measures to stem the tide of antimicrobial resistance.

Heat waves and cold spells cut life expectancy 10/2/2012

Brisbane people collectively lost 45 years of life each day the temperature was 32 degrees, a new analysis of an eight-year period of mean daily temperature and deaths from cardiovascular ...

Chronic diseases more prevalent in city than country 10/2/2012

Ageing Australian city-dwellers are more likely to suffer from non-infectious chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, arthritis, cancer and asthma than their rural counterparts, ...

Ageing baby boomers a national priority 10/2/2012

New strategies to reduce obesity among baby boomers in the workforce are urgently needed, according to a report released recently by University of Adelaide researchers.

Australia's elderly urged to join aspirin study 9/25/2012

Australians are being called on to participate in Australia's largest ever disease prevention trial.

Depression rife in Australian aged care facilities 9/25/2012

Depression continues to be a 'silent epidemic' in Australian aged care facilities, according to a Deakin University psychology professor.

Two-thirds of people who have a stroke become depressed 9/19/2012

Up to two-thirds of people who have a stroke will experience depression and although it is more common in the first year after the stroke - stroke survivors, friends and family need ...

Australians are feeling the urge to donate to science 9/19/2012

When Ron announced to his family that his body would be donated to science, no one was going to stand in his way.

Health workers encouraged to ask R U OK? 9/12/2012

With an estimated 13 million Australians aware of R U OK? Day and 1 in 5 taking part in 2011, this year’s R U OK? Day on September 13 is set to encourage even more Australians health ...

Grass pollen allergy research tackles hay fever 9/12/2012

Queenslanders can expect to endure a longer hay fever season than the rest of Australia thanks to flowering subtropical grasses.

Understanding the Alzheimer's brain 9/12/2012

In a small laboratory at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga, ground breaking research using mice aims to discover more about brain cell death in people suffering from ...

Safer food being served up in NSW 9/5/2012

Food safety standards in retail food and foodservice outlets across NSW have increased significantly in recent years.

Heading into spring: burn alert for asthmatics 9/5/2012

With spring approaching, weather conditions set fair and record vegetation growth across the country, the Rural Fire Service is embarking on a major hazard reduction program and ...

Digital stress and strain: the paperless office as a workplace hazard 9/5/2012

Office workers from all professions are experiencing unprecedented levels of neck, back, shoulder and arm pain as an unintended consequence of the paperless office, according to new ...

Mechanisms of acquired chemoresistance in ovarian cancer 8/15/2012

The presence of multiple ovarian cancer genomes in an individual patient and the absence or downregulation of the gene LRP1B are associated with the development of chemoresistance ...

The ethics of human organ and tissue transplantation 8/14/2012

Dead bodies are big business. There is a growing and very lucrative trade in human tissue — but how will the Australian medical industry keep up with the associated technologies ...

Getting a good night's sleep a challenge for astronauts 8/1/2012