Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to international researchers who say it might actually be a byproduct of industrialised lifestyles ...

Higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic commonly used in food packaging, were detected in urine samples taken from women pregnant with boys later found to have autism. Using an analysis of two ...

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

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Dr. Kamal Dua is a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Pharmacy at the Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He has research experience of over 12 years in the ...

A survey of over a thousand NZers on attempting to quit vaping shows their main reasons are concerns about health risks, not wanting to be dependent, and the costs. More than half tried stopping ...

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People who use common psychiatric medications are more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND), according to international researchers who ...

" The government's social media ban for children under 16 is defensible based upon the toxic nature of the social media platforms being banned. There are certainly going to be problems with ...

Photographs of children's retinas - the 'screen' at the back of the eye - can be used to test for autism, and possibly even for the severity of the disease, with a little help from artificial ...

Credit: Dr Chris Voisey Caption: (Left): Scanning electron microscope image of gold deposited onto quartz via piezoelectric reactions during experiments. Inlay is a zoomed in image revealing that the ...

We shouldn’t rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for accurate and safe information about medications, because some of the information AI provides can be wrong or potentially harmful, according to ...