Vaccination
Will an omicron-specific vaccine help control COVID? There's one key problem
In November last year, Australians began to feel a wave of optimism that COVID would no longer define their everyday existence.
Jan 25, 2022
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Health
Iron fortified cereal could be the answer to bridging infant iron gap
New research from SAHMRI may have found a solution to improve iron intake among older Australian infants, iron fortified infant cereals.
Oct 23, 2023
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Pediatrics
Infant home visiting program linked to less child abuse
Family Connects, a program where nurses conduct home visits for newborns and their families, is linked to substantial reductions in child maltreatment investigations in children's earliest years, according to new research ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Precarious work associated with high BMI
A study from the University of Illinois Chicago links precarious work with increases in body mass index. The study adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may contribute to poor health outcomes.
Feb 28, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Motivational text messages and counselling boost health of patients with RA
The results of a study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2016) showed for the first time that a combination of text messages and individual counselling sessions to motivate patients ...
Jun 10, 2016
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Cardiology
Autopsy-based study examines prevalence of atherosclerosis among US service members
Among deployed U.S. service members who died of combat or unintentional injuries between 2001-2011 and underwent autopsies, the prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis was 8.5 percent, with factors associated with a higher ...
Dec 25, 2012
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Health
How many calories does it take to reach childhood obesity prevention goals?
In order for the nation to achieve goals set by the federal government for reducing obesity rates by 2020, children in the United States would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per day, researchers calculated ...
Apr 10, 2012
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Health
Off-road motorcycles put four times more kids in hospital than quad-bikes: Study
Motorcycles cause a far higher rate of injuries among children than quad bikes do, a study from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA has found, but quad bikes account for more serious individual injuries.
Jul 13, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Impact of first lockdown on depression and anxiety diagnoses
The first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, which began two years ago today on 23 March 2020, had a profound effect in increasing the prevalence of anxiety and depression among the general population, according to a new study.
Mar 23, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Individualized model to determine which people should be screened for lung cancer outperforms current method
A new study has found that an alternative model to identify patients with lung cancer eligible for screening was more accurate than the currently used method based on the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
Oct 9, 2023
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