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Texas abortion ban hit women's mental health
International
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, USA
JAMA Network Open
New database first step to combatting MND
Australia; QLD
The University of Queensland
BMJ Open
Could weight loss drugs also reduce the risk of violent crime?
International
Rutgers University, USA
Criminology
Allowing the commercialisation of cannabis could contribute to problematic use
Australia; International; NSW; QLD
Australian Catholic University,The University of Queensland,The University of Sydney,University of Bath, UK
The Lancet Psychiatry
Gut feeling or good science? How accurate is Crohn's disease content on Instagram?
International
UMass Chan Medical School, USA
PLOS One
Chemical exposure in pregnancy widespread and linked to early and low-weight births
International
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Stanford University, USA
JAMA Network Open
These medical AIs for diagnosis and treatment decisions are at least as good as doctors
International
Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, Google Research, USA
Nature
Men's suicide risk can persist for years following relationship breakdown
Australia
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
Bowel cancer mortality down for older Aussies after two decades of screening
Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Skipping a TV show for a weights session can help women ward off heart disease
International
Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Getting plenty of bright light during the daytime could reduce dementia risk
International
Guangzhou Medical University, China
General Psychiatry
How your sleep habits team with your genes to determine Alzheimer’s risk
Australia; VIC; QLD; WA
Edith Cowan University,CSIRO,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,The University of Melbourne,Murdoch University,Curtin University
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Can’t stick to a diet? Try intermittent fasting for weight loss
Australia; SA
Adelaide University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
Clinical Nutrition
State and sector leaders sign refreshed Accord for the future of Aboriginal health research
Australia; SA
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
Digital tool to help identify cancer patients at risk of serious immunotherapy side effect
Australia; VIC
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne
ASCO
Taste and smell genes could help explain how diet influences disease risk
Australia; QLD
The University of Queensland,QIMR Berghofer
BMC Medicine
Can dogs or cats improve our stress levels?
International
The Open University, The Netherlands
Frontiers in Psychology
When menopause meets shift work
Australia; SA
Adelaide University
Your body's secret sugar code could predict disease years before it strikes
Australia; WA
Edith Cowan University
Nature Chemical Biology
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: UK Government announces a ban on social media for under-16s
Australia; International; VIC
Australian Science Media Centre
Unmasking melioidosis: collaborative research needed to understand the alarming global spread of the bacteria
Australia; NT
Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Getting vaccinated for shingles in older age may reduce the risk of dementia
International
Brown University, USA
Annals of Internal Medicine
How has the lifespan of people with spina bifida changed over the decades?
International
University of Utah, USA
JAMA Pediatrics
Changing your lifestyle may be better than meds for people with prediabetes
International
National Institute on Aging, USA
JAMA
2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of virus-linked hospitalisation and heart problems
International
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA (Paper 1), US Department of Veterans Affairs, USA (Paper 2)
JAMA Internal Medicine
Man with severe paralysis regains his 'voice' with brain-computer interface
International
University of California, Davis, USA
Nature Medicine
Sharing is caring: people who live together share more gut and mouth bacteria
Pacific; International
University of Trento, Italy
Cell Press Blue
World’s largest genetic study of ‘moliness’ helps unravel mysteries of melanoma
Australia; International; VIC; QLD; WA; TAS
QIMR Berghofer,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Western Australia,University of Tasmania
Nature Communications
Lifestyle key to diabetes prevention
Australia; International; SA
Adelaide University
ENDO 2026 Conference
Australia must tackle unemployment to reduce suicide rates
Australia; SA
Adelaide University
Traumatic brain injury in women might be less likely to be taken to special trauma centres
International
University of Toronto, Canada
CMAJ
Identifying what’s needed to sustain quit smoking support in lung cancer screening programs
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA
Flinders University,The University of Queensland,The University of Melbourne,The University of Newcastle,The University of New South Wales
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Insecticide-treated mozzie nets cut malaria cases by up to 68%
Australia; International; QLD; NT
James Cook University,Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University,Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM)
Infectious Diseases
Copper drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer’s proteins in mice
Australia; VIC
Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Drop in weight among Chilean children recorded after food policies introduced
International
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
The Lancet
New cardiac rehab model could save South Australia up to $10 million a year
Australia; VIC; SA; WA; ACT
Flinders University,Adelaide University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The Kids Research Institute Australia,Monash University,The Australian National University
Heart, Lung and Circulation
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