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Given our increasing lifespan, we need to better understand how and why the cardiovascular system ages and whether we can slow down the processes involved.
Ms Dhu’s is not the first report into mistreatment of an Aboriginal person in custody or a medical setting, nor is it likely to be the last.
A new way of looking at what’s behind chronic disease takes into account social, environmental and other factors, rather than blaming individuals.
Leaving school early more than doubles your risk of heart attack, according to a new Australian study.
Metformin has been used to treat diabetes since the late 1950s. It is now on the World Health Organisation’s List of Essential Medicines needed for a basic health care system.
We are seeing increasing numbers of young, slim children with type 2 diabetes. This means obesity and lifestyle factors may not be the whole story behind the disease’s rising rates.
Until we see a marked change in the stories that are told, together with a shift from inclusion to social justice, the national story of Australian sport will remain very, very white.
Around 20% of Aboriginal births in Western Australia between 1996 and 2012 weren’t registered, new research shows. This has many social and health ramifications for their future.
Where birthing on country is not offered, women leave their families weeks before birth. Or she can choose to give birth in her community without skilled birth attendants, which is risky.
Diabetes is a leading cause of death as well as of heart attacks, strokes, amputations, kidney failure, depression and severe infections – all of which themselves contribute to premature death.
Global deaths from heart disease rose from 12.3 million in 1990 to 17.3 million in 2013. Most of the increase occurred in developing countries and in disadvantaged people in developed countries.
Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand, despite the distance separating them and varying histories, have one disturbing issue in common: poor health.
Most heart attacks are not “massive”. In these instances, further tests are necessary and the diagnosis can then become quite challenging.
A new study has linked childhood exposure to lead in air and the likelihood of aggressive crimes related to impulsive behaviours in later life.
The numbers listed on your packaged foods replace the chemical or common name of food additives. These are used to enhance the colour, flavour, texture or prevent them from spoiling.
Changes in temperature and season do affect our health – and not just when the weather turns cold.
The scientific community reacts to the news that Dr Alan Finkel has been appointed Australia’s New Chief Scientist as of 2016.
Noodle brand was an instant hit in India but the wider issue the country must tackle won’t be so quick to solve.
We’ve known for some time that too much sitting increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease. But until now it’s been unclear how much standing during the work day may counter this risk.
Authors
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Group Leader, Metabolic and Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Head, Metabolic and Vascular Physiology NHMRC, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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PhD Candidate, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Group Leader, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Professor and Head Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Haematologist and PhD student, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Haematologist, Alfred Hospital, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Research Officer, Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Deputy Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Interventional Cardiologist, Alfred Hospital; Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Monash University; Professor and Head, Department of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Melbourne; Lab Head, Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology and Deputy Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Exercise Physiologist and Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Investigador Postdoctoral, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Cardiologist, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
