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Coffee doesn’t just make you feel more alert. Here’s what else happens when you drink a cuppa.
Trypophobia is more than an internet meme. It is a genuine psychological experience that can range from mild discomfort to significant distress.
New research charts how preferences have changed over the past 45 years, and where they stand now.
Noise concerns have tanked several data centres proposed in residential areas in Australia. But is the noise just annoying, or is it bad for our health?
If you’re squeamish, you might want to avoid the TikTok videos of people peeling off their pimple patches. But if you want to know if they really work, read on.
Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
The discussion surrounding the American actor’s ad raises bigger questions about the attention placed on women’s bodies, not just in sport.
Animals use pheromones as chemical messengers to attract a mate or mark territory. But human sweat is very different.
New evidence shows more people might benefit from this cholesterol-lowering medication than we previously thought. But that doesn’t mean everyone should take one.
Drug companies are using women of colour and First Nations celebrities in weight-loss campaigns. Not everyone’s happy.
Horses have been used to make antivenom for more than a century. Could our new research offer a better way?
Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.
Once we learn waists can be altered, it can be surprisingly easy to start questioning whether ours needs changing too.
Mozzies are causing Buruli ulcers in more parts of Australia. New research suggests a mosquito control can help reduce risks in future.
Government critics say changes to health insurance rebates will strain the public health system. But the evidence shows the impact might not be what you think.
A messy room isn’t usually created by one great act of mess-making. It results from hundreds of tiny behaviours.
Around one in three women report their birth experience as traumatic. And it’s not always related to medical emergencies.
Ovarian cancer has a particularly poor survival rate. Only one in two women will live five years beyond their diagnosis.
You might be tempted to go for a run to control your anger. But that can make things worse. Here’s what the evidence tells us actually works.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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