In 1954, the first director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Brock Chisholm, famously stated: "Without mental health there can be no true physical health."
Dec 12, 2014
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China on Sunday said a mysterious viral pneumonia outbreak that has affected 59 people was not the flu-like virus SARS that killed hundreds more than a decade ago.
Jan 5, 2020
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A parasite is an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species.
Nov 18, 2019
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A drug-resistant malaria parasite from southeast Asia can infect African mosquitoes, said a study Tuesday, boosting fears that a hard-to-cure variant of the disease could reach the world's most vulnerable continent.
Oct 20, 2015
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Obesity and its negative impacts on health - including metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular complications - are a global pandemic (Taubes, 2009). The worldwide incidence of obesity has more than ...
Mar 16, 2018
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A leading Australian substance abuse expert is pleading for moderation in policies on e-cigarettes.
Jun 5, 2015
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A new study gives weight to emerging evidence that a loss of smell and taste is a common symptom of COVID-19—according to University of East Anglia (UEA) smell expert Prof Carl Philpott.
Apr 1, 2020
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The sight and smell of smouldering mosquito coils is a mainstay of summer. But is all that smoke really keeping away the swarms of mosquitoes, and is breathing in the smoke worse than mosquito bites for our health?
Dec 19, 2017
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Children who are the youngest in their class to be identified with ADHD are just as likely to keep the diagnosis as older pupils in their year group, scientists have found.
Oct 26, 2023
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While many scientists are working on developing a coronavirus vaccine, others are busy testing antiviral drugs.
Mar 30, 2020
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