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.
Health Science
Germ-killing robots to fight Ebola
THE US military has enlisted a new weapon in the fight against Ebola — a robot that can disinfect a room in minutes.
Investors hope for healthy returns
SMALL investors have been given a rails run in the Medibank Private float.
Ebola threatens security: Bishop
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has expressed concern about the Ebola virus at a UN Security Council meeting she chaired on the disease.
Text neck is new curse
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.
State’s $400m poppy crop at risk
THERE are concerns for Tasmania’s poppy industry — source of pharmaceutical opiates — as disease threatens the $400 million crop.
Not Manuka? Might as well be sugar
SALES of honey are soaring thanks to its growing reputation as a “superfood”, but is it really healthier than sugar?
Epilepsy type ‘not hereditary’
INTERNATIONAL researchers have proven one of the most severe forms of epilepsy is not hereditary.
Ocean pool is cool to defeat heat
A HEATWAVE is expected in Sydney and much of NSW today while Brisbane is bracing for another storm.
Australian science channel launched
NOT-FOR-PROFIT body RiAus will launch a free, dedicated TV channel online and on mobiles for science programs developed by Australian organisations.
Start-up plans to make chips from carbon
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.
Wallaby activists ‘wrong on cull’
THE Queensland government has insisted farmers don’t have to prove they’ve exhausted every nonlethal option to remove wallabies before shooting them.
Disease detected 10 years early
A NEW blood test appears to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 10 years before it could otherwise be diagnosed.
Home flu testing on the way
MILLIONS of consumers will soon test themselves for the flu and other medical conditions with their own hi-tech home test kit.
Advocates seek fences before bullets
FARMERS should have invested in wallaby-proof fences before being given the green-light to shoot them, a court has heard.
Has Rosetta found life on comet?
THE probe that landed on the surface of a comet has discovered organic molecules, the most rudimentary building blocks of life.
Sushi, sashimi fuel extinctions
ASIA’S taste for sushi and snake is pushing a new wave of creatures towards extinction, a report has found.
Merkel inspects NICTA lab
ANGELA Merkel arrived at the National ICT Australia’s offices in Sydney to a warm reception and notably heavy security.
Call to shift focus in cancer fight
BREAST cancer screening in Australia needs an overhaul to focus on breast tissue density.
‘Chairity’ project hits right timbre
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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