Yes, bacteria can accumulate on tea towels. But most of the bacteria the researchers found are not responsible for food poisoning or other gastrointestinal symptoms.
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Pregnant women should get the flu shot to protect themselves, and their child for the first 6 months of life.
While acclimatising is more important, here’s the training you should undertake to go mountain-climbing.
You can’t know how altitude will affect you until you’re up there. Here’s why people have different reactions to less atmospheric oxygen.
The obesity epidemic, the flu epidemic, the opioid epidemic… in the 21st century, everything seems to be an “epidemic”. But what does the term actually mean?
To compensate for unmet social needs, people project lifelike qualities onto objects to feel connected. But this doesn’t fully meet people’s needs, so they collect more and more objects.
Parents aren’t taught how to verify the health information they find online. So here are some ways to ensure the sources are credible and trustworthy.
Stating a majority of people won’t benefit from a vaccine ignores the purpose of immunisation programs.
The only way to get through a breakup is to experience your emotions, but not brood on them.
An increase in condomless sex in PrEP users is predictable as preventing HIV is the key motivator for condom use among gay and bisexual men.
Monkey see, monkey do: it’s important to be a good food role model.
Paramedics face traumatic situations every day. They need policies to ensure support is provided in the immediate aftermath of trauma, and early access to mental health care.
Listen up. Today we’re hearing all about why your ears pop when you go up, up, up and away.
Research shows for every 100 healthy adults vaccinated against influenza, 99 get no benefit.
At least half the food eaten by the first Australians came from plants. And in terms of medicines, many different parts of plants were used.
Traditional Aboriginal healers are recognised as having special facilities for healing in childhood and are encouraged to develop their skills. They are often taught by their grandparents.
Headlines that 70% of women with breast cancer don’t need chemo need to be heeded with caution: it’s a very specific (but substantial) subtype that was studied.
Breaking a bone is never a good thing, but breaking a hip is particularly bad. One in three older adults who break a hip will die within 12 months of the injury.
Outcomes are better when people with dementia are in home-like care rather than standard nursing homes.
A new study found those who reported walking faster were less likely to die prematurely.
An evaluation of a therapeutic foster care program has shown significant improvements in children previously thought too complex and challenging for foster care.
Season two of the controversial show tackles similar issues, and while Netflix appear to have taken heed of some concerns of mental health advocates some issues remain confronting and challenging
Australia is the only country in the OECD that allows specialists complete freedom to set their own fees. This puts patients at risk – but the government can help protect them.
A new ad campaign from Coca-Cola shows they’re trying to push a “sugar in moderation” line, while many of their products still contain far too much.
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty explains immunity.