In a trial on scar care, US researchers say patients who used hydrocolloid dressings - a material that can be used in dressings to create a moist, protective healing environment - on their wounds ...

Women who have health challenges during pregnancy are at higher risk of subsequent heart problems, and international researchers have found an irregular heartbeat is one of these problems linked to ...

People on long-term opioid treatment can be reassured that stopping these medicines is not likely to increase their risk of suicide or fatal overdose, thanks to new study from the National Drug and ...

Tropical inland waters don’t produce as many greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as previously estimated, according to the results of an international research collaboration led by Charles Darwin ...

Cities in the US are consuming so much meat, that their carbon 'hoofprint' of 329 million tonnes is larger than the entire annual carbon emissions from the UK (305 million tonnes). However, the ...

*** Recording now available *** A team of Aussie researchers has uncovered how having children and breastfeeding reduces a woman’s long-term risk of developing breast cancer. The study reveals how ...

When people recall events from stories, their brain reacts differently depending on the story’s details, according to international researchers. The team created two different stories with the same ...

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A robotic positioning system designed and built by Macquarie University engineers is now capturing light from thousands of stars and galaxies simultaneously at one of the world’s premier observing ...

Colchicine is not an effective treatment for long COVID, according to Aussie and international research which says we need to explore other therapies. The clinical trial involved 346 adults and found ...