Disease kills mental-health patients earlier
MENTAL health patients are dying from preventable physical illnesses at the “appalling” estimated rate of 9000 excess deaths a year.
MENTAL health patients are dying from preventable physical illnesses at the “appalling” estimated rate of 9000 excess deaths a year.
THE US military has enlisted a new weapon in the fight against Ebola — a robot that can disinfect a room in minutes.
SMALL investors have been given a rails run in the Medibank Private float.
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has expressed concern about the Ebola virus at a UN Security Council meeting she chaired on the disease.
A NEW affliction is born of a peculiarly modern habit: walking along the street, head down, checking messages. It goes by the name of text neck.
THERE are concerns for Tasmania’s poppy industry — source of pharmaceutical opiates — as disease threatens the $400 million crop.
SALES of honey are soaring thanks to its growing reputation as a “superfood”, but is it really healthier than sugar?
INTERNATIONAL researchers have proven one of the most severe forms of epilepsy is not hereditary.
A HEATWAVE is expected in Sydney and much of NSW today while Brisbane is bracing for another storm.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT body RiAus will launch a free, dedicated TV channel online and on mobiles for science programs developed by Australian organisations.
A LOS ANGELES start-up is disclosing plans to apply the molecular structures known as carbon nanotubes to a novel area: radio components for mobile devices.
THE Queensland government has insisted farmers don’t have to prove they’ve exhausted every nonlethal option to remove wallabies before shooting them.
A NEW blood test appears to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 10 years before it could otherwise be diagnosed.
MILLIONS of consumers will soon test themselves for the flu and other medical conditions with their own hi-tech home test kit.
FARMERS should have invested in wallaby-proof fences before being given the green-light to shoot them, a court has heard.
THE probe that landed on the surface of a comet has discovered organic molecules, the most rudimentary building blocks of life.
ASIA’S taste for sushi and snake is pushing a new wave of creatures towards extinction, a report has found.
ANGELA Merkel arrived at the National ICT Australia’s offices in Sydney to a warm reception and notably heavy security.
BREAST cancer screening in Australia needs an overhaul to focus on breast tissue density.
THE “Chairity Project” asked 14 designers to each reinterpret a classic Danish chair to be auctioned for a charity of their choice.
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