Anatomical and physiological differences in the cardiovascular system directly reflect on the way heart disease manifests in women versus men.
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Looking for ways to eat better? Turns out your doctor may not be your best source of information.
The eye is sometimes overlooked as a window on an individual’s overall health. A simple routine examination can help detect a number of diseases.
Research shows smartwatches can provide useful information for people with heart conditions – but they can also cause anxiety.
If you take a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease and you’ve never had heart problems before, you might want to talk to your doctor.
Hot temperatures can be dangerous for anyone – regardless of your age or what health conditions you have.
Research shows climate change carries greater risks for unborn babies than previously thought. Some of the alarming effects of global warming may include worsening health and wellbeing in later life.
When we look at the study itself, it seems the media coverage has focused on a tiny aspect of the research, and is misleading.
After this model was implemented, the gap in heart health outcomes we measured between First Nations and non-Indigenous patients closed.
In 2022 the top five conditions involved in deaths in Australia were coronary heart disease, dementia, high blood pressure, cerebrovascular disease (such as a stroke) and diabetes.
Taking care of your smile could prevent disease elsewhere in the body.
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
Does weight come back when you stop taking drugs like Ozempic? Are these medications simply another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting? Here’s what we know so far.
We don’t tell people taking statins to treat high cholesterol or drugs to manage high blood pressure they’re cheating or taking the easy way out. Nor should we when people take drugs like Ozempic.
Recent research found eating within an eight-hour window increased risk of death from heart disease. But it’s complicated.
South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
Researchers designed an ultrathin pacemaker that can be implanted via minimally invasive techniques, potentially improving recovery time and reducing the risk of complications.
Office workers are sedentary for hours at a time. Our research looked at what they should do to stay healthy.
Acknowledging that factors like the built environment, social and health systems, and outdated policies are the problems — rather than people — is a step towards healthier and safer workplaces.
Reducing particle pollution can save thousands of lives, but states need more data to inform better controls. An atmospheric scientist explains what data and actions are needed.
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Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Team Head, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital; Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
