Winter is mushroom season in Australia. Early in the season, Victoria's Department of Health warned that for inexperienced foragers, it can be deadly—with cases of mushroom poisoning increasing around the world.
Aug 8, 2023
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While many of us may benefit from the extraordinary advances being made in cancer care, there are still about 45,000 Australians each year whose cancer cannot be cured.
Aug 1, 2023
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Blood vessels keep us alive. They are the highways that transport oxygen-rich blood and nutrients to all corners of our body—feeding our tissue and organs—while simultaneously removing toxic waste products.
Aug 1, 2023
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More than 14,000 cases of lung cancer were diagnosed in Australia in 2022. Survival rates are the worst of all cancers, with just 22% surviving five years after diagnosis.
Jul 31, 2023
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Health, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
Jul 21, 2023
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Following COVID, mental health is front and center in the public consciousness.
Jul 5, 2023
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As COVID-19 took hold across borders in 2020 and 2021, more than 1.6 billion informal workers were estimated by the United Nations to have been impacted by mobility restrictions and other lockdown measures to tackle the coronavirus ...
Jun 30, 2023
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If you've been watching the Ashes, you would've seen Australian cricketing superstar Ellyse Perry fall agonizingly short of her third Test century. She was caught out for 99 in the Women's Ashes at Trent Bridge.
Jun 28, 2023
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Australia's population is aging. More than 16% of the total population is now aged 65 or older, and this figure is predicted to rise to 23% by 2066.
Jun 23, 2023
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A new non-surgical bracing treatment may help to facilitate healing after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, a new study has found.
Jun 22, 2023
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