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Exercising after a heart attack could help keep you out of the hospital

International University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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European childhood vaccination rates dropping since COVID-19

International Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, Italy The Lancet Regional Health – Europe
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The type of sleep you're getting is influencing your risk of disease

International Peking University, China PLOS Medicine
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Local anesthetic when getting an IUD could be the best way to avoid pain

International Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden JAMA
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Study finds blue collar workers at highest risk of suicide

Australia; VIC RMIT University,The University of Melbourne BMJ Public Health
17 September 2026

Greater access to help needed for women with nausea during pregnancy

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,RMIT University,The University of Melbourne Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
17 September 2026

Your genes might make you more vulnerable to PTSD

International King’s College London, UK European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Expert Reaction
17 September 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Investigation claims the USA hushed up COVID-19 vaccine safety algorithm flaws

International BMJ Group The BMJ
17 September 2026

The Right more likely to support political violence than the Left

International University of California Davis School of Medicine, California, USA PLOS One
17 September 2026

Young onset dementia’s immense impact on families revealed

Australia; WA Curtin University Health Expectations
Expert Reaction
17 September 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Mice implanted with lab-grown human brain tissue

Australia; International; QLD; SA Stanford University, USA Nature
17 September 2026

Carers worldwide aren't accessing the support they need

Australia; NSW; QLD The University of Sydney,The University of Queensland Psychology and Health
16 September 2026

Australians support voluntary assisted dying, but with clear limits

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying
16 September 2026

Social media spreading misleading claims about Alzheimer’s blood tests

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney American Geriatrics Society
16 September 2026

Why do cyclists pedal faster than they need to?

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Journal of the Royal Society Interface
16 September 2026

Structured exercise could keep your cancer at bay and help you live longer

Australia; International National Taiwan University, Taiwan British Journal of Sports Medicine
16 September 2026

Not all roads led straight to Rome

International Aarhus University, Denmark Nature Communications
15 September 2026

Pre-European Indigenous Australian population was much larger than previously thought and decimated after arrival of First Fleet

Australia; SA Flinders University,James Cook University,Monash University,The University of New South Wales,The Australian National University,Deakin University,University of Wollongong,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The University of Western Australia,University of Tasmania Nature Human Behaviour
15 September 2026

Frontline Trauma: Alarming PTSD rates in WA Police revealed

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University,Murdoch University,The University of Western Australia Australian Psychologist
15 September 2026

Rust prevention coating uses nanotech to self-repair and conquer corrosion

Australia; QLD Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN),The University of Queensland Small Science
15 September 2026

Unhealthy Western diet is linked to faster cognitive decline in people with genetic risk of Alzheimer’s

Australia; NSW; WA Murdoch University,Macquarie University,The University of Western Australia,Edith Cowan University,The University of Sydney Nutrients
15 September 2026

How does social anxiety affect how you learn?

International Leiden University, The Netherlands JNeurosci
15 September 2026

This brain implant can decode gestures as well as speech for people with paralysis

International University of California, USA Nature Neuroscience
15 September 2026

Melbourne sexual health clinic sees rise in gonorrhoea cases in women

Australia; VIC Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Melbourne Sexual Health Centre Sexual Health
15 September 2026

Social isolation in Australia has nearly doubled over two decades

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney International Journal of Epidemiology
14 September 2026

National survey to expose gaps in autism support in Australia

Australia; WA The Kids Research Institute Australia
Expert Reaction
14 September 2026

Don’t judge a sperm by its looks

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA The University of Newcastle,Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI),Adelaide University,The University of Melbourne Reproduction, Fertility and Development
11 September 2026

Almost 3 in 5 Aussies who died between 2012 and 2022 were on welfare

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
11 September 2026

How you feel about fast-food brands can predict overall diet quality

Australia; NSW University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Journal of Health Communication
11 September 2026

If you have eyelash extensions - you might also have tiny mites bugging your eyes

International National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Ukraine Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
11 September 2026

Teen social media laws lack evidence to show they work

Australia; International University of California, USA JAMA Network Open
10 September 2026

Microneedle patches could help the skin absorb medications

International Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Advanced Healthcare Materials
10 September 2026

Fertility tests are not a reproductive crystal ball

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA Flinders University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The University of Sydney,The University of Melbourne,Monash University Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
10 September 2026

Dementia prevention can’t rely on individual choices alone

Australia; WA Curtin University The Lancet Public Health
10 September 2026

Ice Age origins of one of humanity’s oldest drug habits

Australia; NSW; QLD Griffith University,Charles Sturt University,Southern Cross University Science Advances
10 September 2026

'Thinspiration' TikToks could be leading women to think worse of themselves

International Western University, Canada PLOS One

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