Heart disease risk starts young – improving teenager health is essential

Nov 04, 2019 11:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Heart disease causes an estimated 31% of all deaths worldwide each year. While the condition is often associated with older adults, rising childhood inactivity and poor fitness levels mean that the risk factors associated...

Opioid dependence treatment saves lives. So why don't more people use it?

Nov 04, 2019 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

In Australia last year, 1,123 people died from opioids illicit drugs such as heroin, and pain relievers such as codeine, oxycodone and morphine. If used regularly, physical and psychological dependence can develop. In...

Advances in anti-ageing research: how chemistry could hold the key to better health

Oct 29, 2019 19:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Health

Given the opportunity to live much longer lives, many of us might feel less than thrilled at the prospect. After all, you might think, who would want to live an extra 20 years dealing with arthritis, dementia or heart...

A good night’s sleep, a long-sought dream for sleep apnea patients, may be in closer reach

Oct 29, 2019 19:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

For millions of people who suffer from sleep apnea, getting a good nights sleep is an elusive dream. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea have blockage of breathing while they sleep, leading to snoring, disruption of...

Health professionals and cadavers: the quest for an ethical approach

Oct 29, 2019 19:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

The study of anatomy has been the foundation for the training of students in medical and allied health sciences dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, nursing and medical science for hundreds of years....

Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of the living dead

Oct 29, 2019 19:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year, you can dress as a zombie prom queen, a zombie doctor even a zombie rabbit or banana. The...

Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments

Oct 29, 2019 19:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

A miscarriage is a devastating event. Those who experience them are suddenly and unexpectedly robbed of the promise of new life and the dream of an expanded family. The emotional toll can be even greater if conception was...