The circle of life beats on
Harnessing the capacity of a newborn’s heart to repair itself holds the key to new treatments for congenital cardiac disease.
Medical
Spotlight on Indigenous diabetes crisis
A new study has found Indigenous children in Northern Australia suffer youth-onset type two diabetes at rates at least 10 times higher than previously thought.
Super flu vaccine gets the go-ahead
A new type of cell-based influenza vaccine is available this winter that promises to be much more effective than protein-based flu jabs grown in eggs.
Even the best skaters get badly hurt
Cold, slippery and unyielding, ice is a lethal surface to play sports on. Even the best skaters get badly hurt when they fall.
What would you do?
A performer collapses on stage. A person is racially abused on a bus. A crashed car with two people trapped inside is about to go up in flames… Do you stand back or step up?
He survived COVID-19 … and he has a warning
Joe Tannous spent 10 days on a ventilator in an induced coma. But nothing could have prepared him for what comes after COVID-19.
Skincare’s newest ‘miracle’
Oh deer! The beauty industry discovers new goop.
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