Worrying impact of smoking on nature’s ‘alarm system’
For the first time, Australian researchers have revealed how exposure to smoking may cause a deadly lung disease, harming protective proteins meant to ward off infection and cancer.
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This tool can predict if and when you’ll get early Alzheimer’s disease
A new online tool has been able to predict what age older adults will get Alzheimer’s. And it may give people the chance to plan their dementia care while they are still able to.
America’s top doc calls for cancer warnings on alcohol
America may introduce warning labels on alcohol after a report attributed 100,000 US cancer cases a year to booze. Find out what cancer you could get and how little you have to drink to risk it.
Did you have gut problems in 2024? You’re not alone
A major health insurer has unveiled the top surgeries Aussies claimed for last year, revealing a procedure used to screen for Coeliac and Crohn’s disease topped the list. See the data.
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‘Highest levels’: Urgent health warning
Health authorities are warning the public to be extra wary of gastro symptoms after a spike in cases.
‘Disgusted’: Albo lashed for Tourette gaffe
The Prime Minister is facing severe backlash after he referenced Tourette syndrome to mock the Coalition’s shadow treasurer.
‘Insight’: Albo lashed for disability gaffe
The Prime Minister is facing severe backlash after he referenced Tourette syndrome to mock the Coalition’s shadow treasurer.
Teen barred from running due to genetic condition
Australia’s athletics governing body has ruled people with dwarfism are not allowed to run long distances in organised events.
No-BS answers to your most-googled menopause questions
Telling it to you straight
Sex therapy, crystals axed in NDIS revamp
Controversial therapies will be officially off limits to NDIS participants, in sweeping new measures set to take effect within days.
The myths stopping blokes from getting a life-saving prostate check
When Robert Murray uniquely chronicled his health woes with what is today known as prostate cancer, he left his family a life-saving gift. More than 170 years later, we bust the myths about prostate screening.
Warning over ‘worrying reality’ of Aussies having strokes
More than 440,000 Australians are living with the effects of a stroke and experts fear the number will continue to soar without urgent action.
Disability worker charged after 59yo’s death
A disability support worker has been charged following a crash that resulted in the death of a wheelchair-bound passenger.
Taking this one vitamin could help prevent dementia in women, study finds
A promising discovery
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