Food labelling is out of step with healthy diet recommendations and could be improved by including nutrient release rates, according to University of Queensland Emeritus Professor Mike Gidley. The ...

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 ...

" This paper is a thorough review of Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui, the term applied to the whole of Aotearoa New Zealand including the extensive under water plateaus. "Zealandia’s history, recorded in ...

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 ...

Three types of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are detectable in over 85% of Australians over the age of 12, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Blood and ...

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 ...

People who work long hours could have altered brain structures, according to international researchers. The team looked at brain scans of 110 participants – mostly clinicians – who worked excessive ...

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 ...