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Adults who participate in a high overall level of sports and exercise are at 34% lower risk of death than those who never or rarely engage in such activities.
Although women like how their genitals look after labial surgery, self esteem and sexual confidence may not improve.
Melbourne’s recent thunderstorm asthma event caught services by surprise. So, is it time for a national health protection agency to coordinate our public health response?
People with cancer are exposed to many, often misrepresented, ideas about cancer. These can induce stress and even shame for the sufferer who might feel they’ve done something wrong.
Coal-fired power stations need to be closed within the next decade on health grounds. Here’s why.
Morning penile erections affect all males, even males in the womb and male children.
A collaboration of Australia’s leading scientists, clinicians and health organisations announce ten priority policy actions needed for Australia to reach its health targets by the year 2025.
Headlines screaming that aged cheese could be an aid to better ageing were based on a paper that didn’t test the effects of cheese on ageing.
The recent severe thunderstorm in Melbourne caused hospitals across the city to be put on emergency alert as thousands of people called ambulance services, reporting severe breathing difficulties.
The World Health Organisation no longer sees Zika as a health emergency. But what does this downgrade mean for the health of mothers and babies?
Our brains tell our bodies to move differently when we have pain. And there is emerging evidence to show changing how we move could actually contribute to the development of chronic pain.
Exposure therapy, where people face their feared social situations, is one treatment that can be used to treat social anxiety. So how does it work?
Medical students are practising invasive techniques on themselves and fellow students, a new study shows. But aside from obvious safety concerns, is there anything wrong with self-practice?
A UK court has allowed a 14-year-old girl’s body to be frozen until doctors find a cure for the cancer that killed her. Is this latest example of cryogenics hope, hype or hell?
Obesity imposes enormous costs on the community, through higher taxes to fund extra government spending on health and from foregone tax revenue because obese people are more likely to be unemployed.
Alternatives to Obamacare look to address rising premiums and less consumer choice. What options does the US have and how could they work?
Hold up: mindfulness training as a complementary therapy in cancer treatment might not work for everyone.
For the first time in 15 years, as premiums and complaints rise, the proportion of the population with private health insurance is declining.
Anti-ageing cosmetics are common and many contain forms of vitamin A, but are there any risks using vitamin A on your skin during pregnancy?
We chose ten magazines, based on their popularity, and judged the quality of the health advice in them.
New research suggests a brain protein known as ‘tau’ might not be the bad guy in Alzheimer’s Disease after all.
People given taurine had significantly improved overall mental health symptoms, including those of psychosis, compared to those given placebo.
One of the big questions in autism research is whether autism is a single disorder or many different disorders that happen to present in the same way.
Thousands of Australians go to residential drug and alcohol rehab programs every year. But is there evidence rehabs, as well as the group therapy they often rely on, actually work?