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Painkillers pose heart risk

Do you reach for painkillers often? You may want to consider the consequences for your heart, researchers warn.

Antibiotics cure chronic back pain

Millions of chronic back pain sufferers could avoid major surgery by taking antibiotics.

Human cloning breakthrough

In a significant step for medicine, US scientists have used human cloning to generate potentially life-saving cells.

Obesity obsession

British researchers believe our society’s growing obsession with obesity is causing many underweight children to go unnoticed.

Breakthrough device could predict seizures

Scientists have developed a device that may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by monitoring early warning signs.

Red headed gene dominance could end prejudice

Scottish scientists are trying to combat bullying of red heads with an information campaign about genetic dominance.

Magic Mushrooms could help treat depression

The first ever clinical trial exploring the use of hallucinogens from magic mushrooms to treat depression has come under fire.

Flights to get more turbulent

Travelling across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future thanks to climate change, according to scientists.

Open mind needed to crack the human brain code

A million dollar US project hopes to unlock the mysteries of the brain & map its pathways.

Metabolic syndrome

Carrying extra weight around your middle? Suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol or have problems with sugar? You could be one of the 25 per cent of Australians suffering from Metabolic Syndrome explains Jennifer Elliott.

Antibiotics: a risky business

The very real risks of antibiotics are fast outweighing the small benefits, experts have warned, with serious side effects and antibiotic resistance a growing concern

Kids get soft drink fix at home

Easy access to fizzy drinks at home means primary and high school students are consuming alarmingly high levels of sugar-sweetened drinks.

Flu Free Forever

A new antiviral drug designed to guard against pandemic influenza strains has been developed by scientists, to the excitement of the medical community.

Butterfly numbers at record low

Mexico’s migrating monarch butterflies are fast declining in size, with a dramatic 59 per cent drop in this year’s winter populations.

Top tips for pest control

There’s nothing worse than having mosquitoes wake you up in the night or having cockroaches move in. Andrew Fennell from Pestrol talks to us about at home some solutions for unwanted pests and insects.

The Healing Power of Touch

A recent study has found that reflexology may be an effective complementary therapy for patients undergoing breast-cancer treatment.

Lymphoedema Awareness Day

March is Lymphoedema Awareness Month, as we shine the spotlight on this incurable condition that affects 8,000 cancer survivors a year.

U.S. Baby’s HIV Infection Cured

A baby girl in Mississippi who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard HIV drugs, in a potentially ground-breaking case that could offer insights on how to eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims.

Heart disease detected in newborns of obese mothers

Startling new research has uncovered that expectant mothers who are overweight could increase their child’s chances of developing heart disease.

Dispelling the myths about cancer

There are many myths out there about cancer; February 4 is a chance to get the facts and help in the fight against this disease.

‘Chunder from down under’ makes world headlines

A new strain of norovirus, responsible for acute gastroenteritis, has caused havoc across the Tasman and scientists warn it could be on its way back.

Safeguard yourself against stroke

Right now about 300,00 Australians are living with stroke. Anna Hickey from the National Stroke Foundation talks us through the lifestyle factors that put as at higher risk of suffering a stroke and the symptoms to watch out for.

Paralysed dog walks again after nose cell treatment

Jasper the dachshund is walking again after pioneering surgery to inject his paralysed back legs with cells grown from the lining of his nose.

Mars Rover finds first evidence of water

NASA scientists announce the Mars rover has found evidence that a stream once flowed near its landing site on the Red Planet.

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