Jun 13, 2016 08:24 am UTC| Health
Australian guidelines recommend limiting salt intake to six grams a day or less. The World Health Organisation advises limiting salt even further: to 5g (for adults) and 2g (for children) per day or less. But for this...
Chemical messengers: how hormones change through menopause
Jun 13, 2016 01:55 am UTC| Health
Every woman who reaches midlife will experience menopause when her ovaries eventually run out of eggs. The average age of natural menopause in Australia is 51 years. But around 10% of women experience menopause before...
We will never stop AIDS as long as sexism and homophobia go unchallenged
Jun 10, 2016 16:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has destroyed or damaged the lives of many tens if not hundreds of millions of people across the world. The World Health Organisation reports that in 2014 39.9m people worldwide were living with HIV...
Women are far more anxious than men – here's the science
Jun 10, 2016 15:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Life
Anxiety disorders defined by excessive fear, restlessness, and muscle tension are debilitating, disabling, and can increase the risk for depression and suicide. They are some of the most common mental health conditions...
Why do humans have an innate desire to get high?
Jun 10, 2016 15:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Its easy to explain the appeal of drugs like heroin and cocaine, which directly stimulate the brains reward centres. Whats less easy to explain is the appeal of psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin that produce...
We know why bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, but how does this actually happen?
Jun 10, 2016 09:12 am UTC| Health
Laura Christine McCaughey, Research Fellow in Microbiology, University of Technology Sydney Bacteria have been developing resistance to antibiotics for over a billion years. from shutterstock.com Antibiotic...
Are you getting the best health care? Evidence says: maybe not
Jun 09, 2016 09:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
When you go to the hospital, you probably think youre going to receive the best, most current care. Otherwise, you would not entrust your care to that hospital. Evidence suggests, however, that you might be wrong. In...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects