Of the 22,713 weight loss operations performed in 2014-15, about 90% were performed in private hospitals, highlighting the difficulty in accessing this type of surgery through the public system.
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Trauma can be passed down from generation to generation. What steps should adults take to try and break the cycle?
Under pressure to create new markets, big alcohol producers are scouring the African continent in what promises to yield negative socioeconomic consequences.
From military mapping to brain imaging, holograms are no longer relegated to your bank card.
How a simple bacterium traveled across time and space to become Japan’s latest food fad.
Lille, Lyon, Grenoble, Paris … In recent months, major French cities have experienced severe pollution spikes. How is this threat to health and the environment assessed?
It’s not all about the gym and your diet. The places where we live and work shape our health, too.
The ABC’s new show Ask the Doctor goes some way to explain the many contributors to obesity. So, why spoil it with the take-home message that willpower is all you need to lose weight?
Stop honking your horn … and give them a hug instead.
Fainting is a common but often misunderstood occurrence, and heat can bring it on. As summer approaches, here are some things to know about fainting, as well as some ways to prevent it.
Project Baseline opens up new opportunities in health care, both for the researchers working with big data and for consumers who want more sophisticated ways to track their health.
Why is cycling such a white sport?
Genetic analysis is getting cheaper and can provide real-time surveillance of drug resistance.
Both GPs and patients need to wake up to the immediate risk that antibiotic misuse poses.
It’s not all about United and City – sport defines Greater Manchester, boosts the economy and is essential to the overall health of the region.
French Guineans are up in arms about the territory’s overcrowded hospitals. Why is no one talking about how racism and xenophobia also affect access to health care?
Whatever we’re told, getting a decent amount of fruit and veg into our diets is a struggle. Time then to focus on designing dishes that hit the sweetspot.
Just about everyone wants medical care, but some want it a lot more. We discovered a personality trait that explains why it’s hard to improve health care outcomes and costs.
South Africa’s social grants, which benefit a third of the country’s population, are widely celebrated. But these grants fall far short of addressing the country’s malnutrition challenge.
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University
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