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5 myths of eco-friendly eating
Open Forum | June 22, 2024Determining the environmental and health impacts of different foods is highly complex, but some commonly held myths about food that’s both good for people and the planet need to be dispelled.
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CSIRO partners to strengthen regional health
Open Forum | June 22, 2024Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will partner with governments across the Pacific and Southeast Asia to help them better prepare for, and respond to, disease outbreaks.
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Get your hands dirty
Open Forum | June 17, 2024Exposure to a diverse range of soil bacteria in playgrounds could help children to boost their immune systems and gut health, according to Flinders University researchers, who put the concept to the test by investigating play areas at 22 childcare centres in Adelaide.
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The big freeze
Karin Hammarberg | June 11, 2024Marketing may give the impression that egg-freezing is a ‘silver bullet’ for anyone wanting to delay their childbearing years, when in fact it’s expensive, invasive, and far from failsafe.
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Happier children mean happier adults
Lucy Grummitt | June 10, 2024A new study suggests it’s time the eradication of child maltreatment became a major public health priority to reduce the later toll of adult mental illness.
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Peddling junk
Open Forum | June 9, 2024Aussie junk food companies strive hard to achieve positive press coverage while hampering efforts to restrict unhealthy food advertising, according to two papers by Australian researchers.
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It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there
Lachlan Gilbert | June 8, 2024UNSW experts say it’s never too late, nor too early, to adopt healthy habits that can delay the onset of dementia.
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Low impact care for back pain
Mary O'Keeffe | June 4, 2024Women’s back pain is being taken increasingly seriously but common spinal surgeries can be costly and risky, encouraging the adoption of non-surgical, low-cost, low-impact alternatives.
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After the final whistle
Open Forum | June 4, 2024Sporting careers are always relatively short, and people forced to retire from their chosen sport at an early age are at an even higher risk of feeling bereft when their days on the field are over.
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On the couch online
Peter Baldwin | May 30, 2024A new online mental health service sounds good in theory, but will it work in practice? Here’s what the evidence from the UK and elsewhere shows so far.
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Health care or health scare?
Alison Downham Moore | May 26, 2024Women’s health has been sidelined for centuries. But now that women are finally being heard, some unscrupulous companies are cashing in on the movement and scare-mongering medical marketing may drive more women to undergo unnecessary tests or treatments.
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Beware trendy weight loss solutions
Saw Pui San | May 10, 2024The diabetes drug Semaglutide (marketed as Ozempic) is being promoted by celebrity influencers and websites as an “empowering” weight loss aid but its long-term impacts remain to be seen.