Written on their faces
Nothing is more beautiful to parents than a child’s face, but those treasured features could also hold valuable clues about health. Researchers at Curtin University have pioneered a way...
Health
Eat the rainbow, see the rainbow: Colourful veggies offset the risk of cataracts in old age
A diet rich in colourful fruits and vegetables delays the onset of age-related cataracts, new research has found. Colourful...
New mums should go with the flow
The last thing new mums need is more stress, but well-meaning advice can sometimes cause exactly that. Especially when...
‘Frozen shoulder’ pain has joint cause
Traumatic ligament injury usually means one thing – pain. But researchers from the University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan...
A nutty way to ward off memory loss
Tackling the challenges that come with an aging population is one of the big public policy questions of our...
Healthy drinking theory goes bottom up
It really was too good to be true. The conventional wisdom that moderate drinking boosts health is almost certainly...
More than skin deep
Do we need any more reasons to avoid dangerous exposure to the sun? Not really. But researchers at the...
When life vanished into thin air
Take a deep breath: it seems the earth’s oxygen levels can fall dangerously low, leading to mass extinction. Don’t...
New insight into diabetic eye disease shines light on a brighter future
A new tool to spot diabetic eye disease in its early stages could prevent thousands of people from losing...
School of hard knocks
When it comes to bullying teachers, parents are in a class of their own, according to research from La...