Public Health

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Authorities are warning Territorians that monsoons are boosting the risks of people getting infected with a deadly tropical disease from bacteria found in soil.

WA people are being reminded to be careful around fresh water that may infect them with amoebic meningitis, which thrives in water between 28C and 40C.

We can retrain our brains to prevent emotional eating, says Australian neuroscientist and addiction expert Professor Selena Bartlett Retraining

Women born very premature, before 32 weeks, are 2.3 cm shorter on average as adults than their sisters born at term, according to a new international study.

Researchers have for the first time calculated Australia's contribution to the environmental and health problem of nitrogen pollution.

Rosemary Stanton says MasterChef has done much to get kids into the kitchen and now a Sydney academic suggests cooking shows could be used to fight obesity.

The Cancer Council says it only takes a few minutes outside for sun damage to begin, yet people are still making excuses for getting sunburnt.

A new HIV prevention drug, pre-exposure prophylaxis, will be trialled in South Australia, the state government says. The South Australian government

Doctors are warning of the serious, and even potentially deadly, risks the increasingly popular 'jelly' beads pose to a child's health.

Light alcohol consumption may reduce a person's risk of the most common type of stroke but heavy drinking significantly increases the risk, new research shows.

Cancer patients in the Northern Territory should have access to a long-awaited PET scanner in May 2018, eight years after it was first promised by politicians.

A large global study of 55,000 participants has found the odds are not stacked against you if you have a strong genetic link to heart disease.

A US study has found vaping teens are at greater risk of smoking 'real' tobacco cigarettes more often, raising the concern of Cancer Council Australia.

Up to 14 per cent of WA teenagers are not participating in a free vaccination program to prevent cancer and of those that do, thousands don't complete it.

Mixing energy drinks with alcohol affects the brain of teenagers the same way cocaine would, a mouse study has found. For teenagers, mixing

Optometry Australia is warning about the dangers of wearing novelty contact lenses for Halloween. Creepy clowns are not the only things fancy-dress

Australian scientists have developed a pill to guard the gluten intolerant from the "toxic" effects of wheat-based products. A tiny

A ban on gay men donating blood in Australia should be reviewed, the Victorian government says. The Victorian government wants a ban on gay

US researchers believe they've found evidence of the absolute limit of human lifespan, and it's about 125 years. History's oldest