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Wednesday, 20 August 2014
A commonly-used antibiotic has been linked to a significantly higher risk of heart death, but experts are urging caution in interpreting the results.
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Compounds similar to anti-inflammatory drugs used by veterinarians to treat dogs may be able to fight the drug-resistant "superbugs" that challenge human health, say Australian researchers.
Friday, 26 July 2013
Smart kids get smarter because parents pay them more attention - at least in the US, new research suggests.
Friday, 31 May 2013
Winter is coming, but unlike Game of Thrones, the death toll from the onset of the cold season in Australia appears to be falling.
Monday, 6 May 2013
Newborn babies that use dummies may have better protection against cot death because it improves their cardiac control, Australian research shows.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Kids with early onset puberty have poorer mental health skills than their peers from a young age and are even less able to cope with this emotionally intense time, say Australian researchers.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Measles can be spread on planes in rows far beyond infected passengers, an Australian study shows, raising questions over control guidelines for the disease.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
A mother's vitamin D levels during pregnancy has no affect on her children's bone health, a UK study has found, although the findings have been met with a mixed response.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Soft drink, alcohol and processed food multinationals are the major drivers of the global epidemic in non-communicable diseases, say international health experts.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
New research suggests it may be possible to forecast flu outbreaks in much the same way meteorologists predict weather, according to one of the authors.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Industrialisation and development are the main reason why modern human lifespans are greater than those of hunter-gatherers.
Monday, 20 August 2012
People who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as children continue to have a higher-than-normal risk of thyroid cancer more than 50 years after radiation exposure, according to a US study.
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The swine flu pandemic of 2009 killed an estimated 284,500 people, some 15 times the number confirmed by laboratory tests at the time.
Monday, 6 February 2012
Malaria kills nearly 50 per cent more than previously thought, claims a new investigation.
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Fame boosts the risk of early death for rock stars but the claim that the peril is greatest at the age of 27 is false, according to a study.