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  • INTERVIEW: Loneliness - the hidden health danger

    INTERVIEW: Loneliness - the hidden health danger
    2026/01/16
    A lot of people already identify or know the problems from smoking and what it can do for your health, but not a lot of people understand that loneliness or social isolation carries around the same health risks of smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Tyler Prochnow is an assistant professor at Texas A&M at their School of Public Health and an expert in social connectedness, physical activity and mental health.
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    7 分
  • What is diet stacking and are you doing it?

    What is diet stacking and are you doing it?
    2026/01/07
    Fodmap, high protein, gluten-free, lowfat, clean eating - so many diets, so much conflicting advice. Australian experts are warning that following multiple diets at the same time could have unexpected consequences.
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    9 分
  • New developments and old battles: Australia's health year in 2025

    New developments and old battles: Australia's health year in 2025
    2025/12/26
    As with most years, the health sector has been a constant source of news stories - from outbreaks of illnesses to outstanding medical research, from politics to pandemics, from injuries to infections. SBS news looks back at some of the medical stories that hit the news in 2025.
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    12 分
  • 'Make memories’: the tragic reality of childhood DIPG and the new research giving families hope

    'Make memories’: the tragic reality of childhood DIPG and the new research giving families hope
    2025/12/05
    An Australian cancer research centre has been awarded a 2.5 million dollar grant to further their research into one of the country 's deadliest brain cancers. Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne hope to fast-track diagnosis and treatment options.
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    4 分
  • 'Adult’ pressures hit hard as UNICEF warns teens are losing hope

    'Adult’ pressures hit hard as UNICEF warns teens are losing hope
    2025/11/24
    A new report from UNICEF Australia has found less than a third of Australian teens are feeling excited or hopeful about their futures. Mental health issues and anxiety around 'adult' challenges like housing and money are key drivers of declining wellbeing. For marginalised children and teens, these kind of pressures are felt even more acutely.
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    5 分
  • 'Isolation and shame': Australians are avoiding perinatal mental health support, new research reveals

    'Isolation and shame': Australians are avoiding perinatal mental health support, new research reveals
    2025/11/22
    Around one in four Australians are failing to seek support when experiencing perinatal mental health issues. Experts say the data released by the Gidget Foundation highlights a lack of awareness around signs and symptoms, and ongoing stigma around the issue.
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    8 分
  • Chris Minns on hospital funding row: we can't all be wrong

    Chris Minns on hospital funding row: we can't all be wrong
    2025/11/19
    State premiers have come together for an urgent meeting, as tensions rise over reaching a new public hospital funding deal with the federal government. A new report from the Grattan Institute also finds Australia's hospitals are wasting more than $1 billion a year on avoidable spending.
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    4 分
  • 'It shouldn't be painful to be a woman': Victorian report lays bare health care battle

    'It shouldn't be painful to be a woman': Victorian report lays bare health care battle
    2025/11/09
    The Victorian government has released the final report of an inquiry into women's experiences of pain - and it's made for some uncomfortable reading. Shaped by the experiences of 13,000 women and girls, the report has revealed gender health gaps, experiences of medical bias, sexism and misogyny, and feelings of being ignored or dismissed by clinicians are rampant throughout the Victorian health system.
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    7 分