Before a baby is ever born, critical supply chain problems with nutrition and oxygen can result in premature birth or even death and increase the child and mother's lifelong risk of cardiovascular di… [+7451 chars]
An estimated one-quarter of adults in the U.S. have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an excess of fat in liver cells that can cause chronic inflammation and liver damage, increasing the risk… [+4380 chars]
A new online tool developed by Australian scientists has the potential to save cancer patients a lot of heartache as well as their lives, by letting their oncologists know which treatment suits them … [+2540 chars]
Everybody in this NSW-Victorian border town wants the Japanese encephalitis vaccine, free or not. That is the message from Corowa residents according to Jackie Monk, whose husband David Kiefel, then… [+2613 chars]
As scientists gradually discover evidence that people who feel younger than their chronological age are typically healthier and more psychologically resilient, the saying "you're only as old as you f… [+3954 chars]
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New research shows women who have had a miscarriage or stillbirth, have an increased risk of stroke when blood cant get to the brain, because of a blocked or burst artery. That risk increases with ea… [+6257 chars]
Introduction Respiratory infection trendsAntimicrobial resistance and respiratory infectionsUsing data for surveillanceInfluenza prevention and treatmentDiagnosis of respiratory infectionsCurrent ins… [+15838 chars]
Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne with an expert aerobatic pilot at the controls and a case full of scientific experiments in the… [+5347 chars]
There has been a major vaccine breakthrough in Queensland for a little known virus that may cause complications for unborn babies if their mother is infected while pregnant. Half the Australian popu… [+1852 chars]
/Posted 13h ago13 hours agoWed 22 Jun 2022 at 9:35am Hovering around both sides of 80, and after the two-year Covid outbreak, a beautifully co-ordinated, complex display of sequence dancing is a tre… [+367 chars]
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