The risk to firefighters isn’t just from breathing wildfire smoke – it’s also in the chemicals that get on their clothes and filter through to their skin.
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A toothbrush, some toothpaste and a few minutes of care can prevent a life‑threatening infection. That’s rare in modern medicine.
A scary thought that keeps on popping into your mind doesn’t mean it’ll come true or you’ll act on it. But some types of intrusive thoughts are worth listening to.
More evidence is needed to understand how laundry could help curb skin disease.
‘Yo-yo’ dieting is not healthy, but a new review found no evidence that it causes irreparable harm.
Scolyer captured the world’s attention when he volunteered for a world-first experimental treatment for brain cancer. He died on Sunday night, aged 59.
Making Nutella sandwiches for lunch again? The food industry has you in a bind, a new study shows.
Social media is spruiking the health benefits of ‘lymphatic draining’. 2 lymphoedema experts explain what it is and whether it works.
There is no approved vaccine to curb the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. But new funding offers hope.
The number of ozone-related premature deaths due to wildfires is also rising.
Education systems across southern Africa must better prepare for a hotter future.
This drug is used to treat endometriosis and some breast cancers, but will soon be stripped from Australian shelves.
On first glance, this might appear to be a defensible measure. But there’s little evidence these abortions are occurring.
Western PTSD treatments typically focus on talking to a therapist about your feelings and emotions. But this doesn’t actually help everyone.
New research offers a cautionary tale about the difficulty of removing ‘forever chemicals’ from the environment.
For some people, healthy eating can become an obsession that has a devastating impact on their health and relationships.
This sounds far-fetched. But what does the science say?
In the second half of 2025 influenza killed more Australians a month than COVID. Here’s how it happened.
Three experts explain how the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola may have crossed continents.
A GP reflects on the lessons of Eric Schlosser’s ‘muckraking’ classic. A necessary health check on the world we’ve built, it urges us all to take back our agency.
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