AAP - 07-02-2023

Being married may help prevent type 2 diabetes, regardless of whether the relationship is happy, research suggests. Previous studies have found that happy marriages

AAP - 05-02-2023

In a small metal chamber, in a metal room, in a tightly sealed Brisbane lab is one of the rarest things on earth - a space almost entirely free of plastic. Scientists

AAP - 05-02-2023

People who suffer multiple traumatic brain injuries are more likely to have worse cognitive function later on in life, new research suggests. Incidents like falls,

AAP - 02-02-2023

Drugs designed to treat depression are increasingly being used to alleviate chronic pain conditions from headaches and back pain to irritable bowel syndrome.

AAP - 21-01-2023

Cutting-back on as little as two pieces of chocolate per week could save Australia's health system $373 million a year in foregone knee-replacements, research has found.

AAP - 19-12-2022

The outlook for ageing people with sight issues may be looking brighter with Australian scientists on the cusp of a breakthrough new treatment. Age-related macular

AAP - 29-11-2022

A disease costing the healthcare system $14 billion a year and affecting one in seven Australians receives only one per cent of medical research funding. Arthritis

AAP - 03-11-2022

The psychedelic chemical in "magic mushrooms" might ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study has found. The effects were

AAP - 02-11-2022

The world's microplastics problem just got worse, with Australian scientists finding the waste particles give hitchhiking viruses a free ride. The groundbreaking

AAP - 29-10-2022

Radiologists have probed changes to the brains of astronauts that could have significant implications for the future of human colonisation on the moon and Mars.