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Texas abortion ban hit women's mental health

International Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, USA JAMA Network Open
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Top 10% of consumers cause trillions in environmental damage

International Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands Communications Sustainability
10 hours ago

Could weight loss drugs also reduce the risk of violent crime?

International Rutgers University, USA Criminology
13 hours ago

Parents, put down your phones and acknowledge your teens!

International Newport Healthcare, United States Frontiers in Psychology
18 hours ago

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
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Gut feeling or good science? How accurate is Crohn's disease content on Instagram?

International UMass Chan Medical School, USA PLOS One
18 June 2026

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
18 June 2026

The earliest outbreaks: hunter gatherers faced disease epidemics more than 5000 years ago

International University of Copenhagen, Denmark Nature
18 June 2026

Men's suicide risk can persist for years following relationship breakdown

Australia Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
18 June 2026

Bowel cancer mortality down for older Aussies after two decades of screening

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
18 June 2026

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
17 June 2026

Getting plenty of bright light during the daytime could reduce dementia risk

International Guangzhou Medical University, China General Psychiatry
17 June 2026

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
Expert Reaction
17 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: El Niño declared by BOM

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
17 June 2026

Taste and smell genes could help explain how diet influences disease risk

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland,QIMR Berghofer BMC Medicine
16 June 2026

Can dogs or cats improve our stress levels?

International The Open University, The Netherlands Frontiers in Psychology
16 June 2026

When menopause meets shift work

Australia; SA Adelaide University
16 June 2026

Harsh critics are the most loyal fans of video game brands

Australia; QLD; SA Flinders University,University of the Sunshine Coast Journal of Product & Brand Management
Expert Reaction
16 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: UK Government announces a ban on social media for under-16s

Australia; International; VIC Australian Science Media Centre
16 June 2026

Overeducation could land you with lower wages for a decade

New Zealand University of Waikato,University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka International Journal of Manpower
16 June 2026

Changing your lifestyle may be better than meds for people with prediabetes

International National Institute on Aging, USA JAMA
16 June 2026

Man with severe paralysis regains his 'voice' with brain-computer interface

International University of California, Davis, USA Nature Medicine
16 June 2026

Sharing is caring: people who live together share more gut and mouth bacteria

Pacific; International University of Trento, Italy Cell Press Blue
15 June 2026

Bug Appétit: Think you'd never eat bugs? The science says you might like it

International da Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
15 June 2026

Australia must tackle unemployment to reduce suicide rates

Australia; SA Adelaide University
15 June 2026

Traumatic brain injury in women might be less likely to be taken to special trauma centres

International University of Toronto, Canada CMAJ
15 June 2026

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
13 June 2026

Watching mass violence in the media could be making us more worried and avoidant

International Medical University of South Carolina, USA JAMA Network Open
12 June 2026

Drop in weight among Chilean children recorded after food policies introduced

International Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile The Lancet
12 June 2026

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
12 June 2026

Low-cost mental health tool helps refugees in limbo

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne JMIR Mental Health
12 June 2026

Climate change may increase bacteria-infected seafood and water, NZ researchers warn

New Zealand PHF Science New Zealand Medical Journal
Briefing
12 June 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: Young Aussies’ social media use linked to poorer mental health

Australia; VIC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),Deakin University,The University of Melbourne Medical Journal of Australia
11 June 2026

Flu jabs cut 2024-25 California cases by 40% and deaths in over 65s by 29%

International California Department of Public Health, USA JAMA Network Open
11 June 2026

Sugar-sweetened drinks might increase your risk of certain types of liver cancer

International National Cancer Institute, USA JAMA Network Open
10 June 2026

Emergency housing, decision making and volunteering recognised in Natural Hazards Research Australia awards

Australia Natural Hazards Research Australia Natural Hazards Research Forum 2026

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