Health Check: the low-down on eating vs juicing fruit and veg
Tim Crowe, Deakin University
Today we launch Health Check, an ongoing series which injects scientific evidence into popular health discussions. Stay tuned for a new...
Infection control: why doctors over-prescribe antibiotics
Alex Broom, The University of Queensland
Health authorities have long warned that antibiotics should only be used when they’re genuinely needed, to restrain antibiotic-resistant superbugs...
Cost of love: will subsidising couples counselling actually work?
By Kim Halford, The University of Queensland
Social services minister Kevin Andrews claims his A$20 million Stronger Relationships Trial will save the government money in...
Leaning in at work and at home: why workplace policies matter
By David S. Pedulla, University of Texas at Austin and Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara
The latter part of the twentieth century saw...
10 +3 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Cancer Risk
By Alessandro R Demaio, Harvard University
Fact: In 2012, there were 14 million new cancer cases worldwide, and 8.2 million cancer related deaths.
Fact: About 70%...
‘Superfoods’ – another battleground between marketing and common sense
By Michael Vagg, Barwon Health
Over the previous weekend the morning magazine shows I have on during lazy mornings had 2 glamorous nutritionist types breathlessly...
How technology is changing language and the way we think about the world
By David Glance, University of Western Australia
We are getting used to the idea of rapidly developing technologies changing what we can do and how...
Broken sleep? It’s a rollercoaster ride
By Leon Lack, Flinders University
Most people believe normal, healthy sleep should be long and uninterrupted from start to finish.
Well, guess what? They’re wrong.
This erroneous...
