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Mothers are dying prematurely after their children are taken into foster care.
The UK government is shockingly apathetic about the fast rise in mortality in England and Wales.
Life expectancy has fallen for the second time in two years. That’s not supposed to happen in a rich country like the US.
Life expectancy has been steadily improving in the UK for 110 years. Until now.
A new study has found bodyweight exercises you can do at home are just as good as a gym workout.
The negative effects of job loss have been well-documented and fairly well-understood. But why would studies also suggest that health improves during a recession? The reasons may surprise you.
The idea of a hot and sunny land is so baked into our thinking about Australia that we’ve failed to design and build houses that protect us from the cold.
Nearly one-fifth of US GDP is spent on health care. Where does all of that money go?
Australians can’t tell which private hospital is safer then the next because the data isn’t publicly available. It’s time that changed.
Pedal to the office and your risk of an early death drop by over 40%.
The health of our pensions can ebb and flow with mortality rates, and the latest data has delivered a shock.
Our new meta-analysis, which pooled results from 65 studies, looked at health-care spending by both the private and public sectors including preventive and curative care.
Older people in nursing homes or aged care facilities are often locked up “for their own safety”, which new research says isn’t usually needed.
Large mammals such as elephants and whales are among the most long-lived of animals, but very tall humans don’t enjoy the same benefits.
An additional 39,074 people died in 2015, compared with the previous year. And the latest data shows that the trend continues.
Information on hospital deaths hasn’t always been so hard to find. Back in the 1860s Melbourne’s one hospital published regular stats on the number of patients dying.
A new study examines the benefits of cramming all of your weekly exercise in at the weekend.
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.
The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government’s Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Honorary Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Monash Health [Health and Social Care Unit], Monash University
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor of Health Psychology and Director of Tobacco Studies, UCL
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Professor of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
