Your GP shines a light in your eyes, orders a blood test and requests some medical imaging. All rely on light to help diagnose disease.
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In the 16th and 17th centuries, even something as simple as a mole could have had you accused of being a witch.
While the inquiry gets most things right, as vaccine experts, we argue the government response should be broadened in three areas.
Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for hospitals in New Zealand. But this breaches best practice for healthcare and infection control protocols, as well as the rights of vulnerable patients.
Here are just some of the ways light is important for our wellbeing and mental health.
After initial success, Australia’s pandemic response suffered due to a lack of strong, independent, central co-ordination. We mustn’t make the same mistake twice. Here’s how a CDC can help.
New research shows Olympic athletes generally outlive the general population by more than three years but the picture isn’t as pretty for elite AFL and rugby union players.
While scabies does not kill many people, it is an unpleasant infection that causes significant impact on quality of life.
House dust mites feed off the skin cells we and animals shed. Symptoms of this allergy include an itchy nose, eyes and throat, sneezing and coughing.
We have trillions of body clocks – a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here’s how they work with light to control our health.
A more advanced form of radiation may be able to treat early and advanced prostate cancers. Here’s how it works and why it may better preserve erectile function.
Our ability to adapt to changing circumstances plays an important part in our health decisions. New research suggests health education campaigns need to take this into account.
Doctors in developed countries have recently reported treating cases of scurvy, including in Australia. Here’s why we might see more of it.
The exact timing of the symptoms depends on your exposure to an allergen – the thing you’re allergic to. Here’s how to work that out.
Classifying people as either ‘poor’ or ‘not poor’ based on income oversimplifies poverty.
Executive function delays affect skills such as as paying attention, switching attention, controlling impulses and problem-solving. They’re common in a range of conditions but are treated as separate.
Light helps explains the evolution of our skin colour, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light still shapes us today.
Going for a walk can be beneficial for older people but there are risks. A new tool uses Google Street View to identify footpath hazards that could cause falls.
No, you’re not imagining it. Some people really do develop hay fever as an adult. Here are three key reasons why.
Approximately 30% of breakdancers report hair loss and scalp inflammation caused by repetitive head-spinning. What you need to know about newly identified condition ‘headspin hole’
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