Category: Lifestyle

A new Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health study has found Australian children who were born via cesarean section (C-section) have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and obesity, and it’s sparked a call to limit the increasingly popular practice. Dr. Yaqoot Fatima from James Cook University’s Murtupuni Center for Rural and Remote […]

It has been described as a stealth killer that impacts at least one in four Australians and is rising rapidly. Disease prevalence is expected to increase by 25–50% over the next 10 years, including 15–20% in children. It is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and a common type of liver cancer, […]

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London shows that parents’ genes linked to cognitive and non-cognitive skills both affect children’s educational outcomes. The research, published in Nature Communications, investigated educational records and genetic data on more than 40k children in the U.K. and The Netherlands, and found […]

A study examining the climate impact of low-value health care activity in Australia has found that unnecessary vitamin D tests generated carbon emissions equivalent to a car driving from Sydney to Perth 59 times. The researchers say in 2020 unnecessary vitamin D tests in Australia cost the health care system more than $87 million (AUD) […]

A Liggins Institute study of over 4,000 pregnant New Zealand women suggests the country can improve babies’ health and reduce medical risks for mothers by changing how gestational diabetes is diagnosed. The study assessed the value of lowering the blood-sugar threshold for diagnosis. The University of Auckland researchers tested the blood-sugar level currently used in […]

In the condition known as cerebral cavernoma, lesions arise in a cluster of blood vessels in the brain. In a new study from Uppsala University, researchers show that blood coagulation and blood clot formation are very relevant for the disease and that antithrombotic therapy may be beneficial for cavernoma patients. The vascular lesions, or blood […]

What determines how generous a person you are? Could it be how much money you have? How kind you are? Or maybe it comes down to your values. These all seem reasonable assumptions, but a new study from Berkeley University suggests something that feels as trivial as how well you’ve slept lately can also affect […]