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2025-01-18

  How much sugar are you feeding your toddler?

We try to give little kids the best start in life, and in supermarkets there's an ever-expanding range of foods marketed specifically for themBut how much sugar is in them?  Plus, we peer into the evidence around ultra-processed foods. References:Ultra...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2025-01-11

  What's your sports bra got to do with your knees?

Bras might seem unrelated to knee injuries, but research suggests otherwise.Women are significantly more prone to tearing their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and wearing the right bra could help reduce this risk.It's a good thing because knee injur...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2025-01-04

  Why aren't kids getting the food they need at childcare?

The first 2,000 days of life are crucial for brain development.Children learn and grow more during this time than at any other point in their lives.However, research shows many childcare centres are failing to provide proper nutrition: children are goi...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-28

  Could a bacterial strain spark bowel cancer?

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the rising incidence of colorectal cancer among younger populations, and emerging research points to the gut microbiome as a key factor in understanding this trend.A study from the University of Melbourne unc...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-21

  Should you exercise more or get surgery for knee pain?

Many individuals with knee osteoarthritis are being subjected to unnecessary tests and procedures, even though exercise is often the most effective treatment.New clinical care guidelines have been introduced, highlighting the importance of non-surgical...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-14

  Undiagnosed disease in DR Congo — what could it be?

More than 400 people have come down with a unidentified disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed teams to identify the cause of the outbreak, which is largely affecting children under five years of a...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-14

  Direct-to-consumer tests could do more harm than good

More and more medical tests are being marketed direct to consumers. These range from STI tests to multicancer detection tests.There are concerns these tests aren’t reliable, and could either give people false confidence, or a false positive.Experts thi...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-14

  Investigating the environmental triggers for motor neurone disease

The number of Australians diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) has increased over the past 40 years.But only 10 per cent of cases have a clear genetic cause.Scientists have been investigating the possible environmental triggers for sporadic MND.T...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-14

  Is steroid use changing how we view ourselves?

The third most commonly injected illegal drug in Australia is performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs).Steroids and other PIEDs have long been the 'open' secret behind the muscled superheroes of Hollywood. With an increasing number of Australians ...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author
2024-12-07

  The link between depression and heart disease in women

The latest health news, including a major study into psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases, which shows women in particular are at risk. Also, is COVID finally becoming seasonal? And a clarification about a recent study on hormone replaceme...
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation author