Long-acting contraceptives seem to be as safe as the pill when it comes to cancer risk: new study
Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks.
15 January 2025¹ú²ú̽»¨ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
¹ú²ú̽»¨â€™s BASE facility and biotechnology company Vaxxas have been announced as stage winners of a prestigious global prize to accelerate a patch-based mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.
14 January 2025Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a ¹ú²ú̽»¨ study has found.
14 January 2025Australians spent more than A$400 million on medicinal cannabis in the first half of 2024 alone.
13 January 2025Fall-related injuries in Australia’s residential aged care could be costing the health system $325 million annually, a University of Queensland study has revealed.
13 January 2025Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at ¹ú²ú̽»¨, to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone.
9 January 2025Mental illness in Australian youth is rising. We don’t know why but despite very little evidence, social media is bearing the brunt of the blame.
7 January 2025The full cost of recovering all of Australia’s threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time.
7 January 2025Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia and New Zealand, according to new research.
7 January 2025Monarch butterflies appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia.
3 January 2025Australian women are better educated than men but still face poorer job prospects and lower incomes.
2 January 2025Researchers have taken a giant step towards solving the mystery of why intermediately sized animals are the fastest.
19 December 2024A University of Queensland study has found no link between exposure to water fluoridation as a young child and negative cognitive development.
19 December 2024- 1 of 1299
- older articles ›