Should You Take Your Vitamins?
Americans spend $28 billion on multivitamins per year, but are consumers throwing away their money? According to a recent editorial in The Annals of Internal Medicine, multivitamins are not only a waste of money,...
Tips to Healthy Swimming
Follow the helpful tips below for healthier swimming in Western Australia's rivers and beaches.
1. Avoid swimming after heavy rainfall (>10mm).
After heavy rainfall (>10mm) rain collects pollutants from our streets, gardens and farms, before it...
Families urged to take health advice number on holidays
NSW Health is reminding families across the State to take an important 24-hour health advice phone number with them while they’re away from home during the Christmas holidays.
NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant...
Christmas for children: meeting Santa, the art of giving and hanging out with family
While most children are thrilled by the approach of Christmas some parents have mixed feelings.
Dr Marc de Rosnay, from the University of Sydney's School of Psychology, talks you through some possible concerns you might...
Social stigmas against breastfeeding may contribute to African-American college students’ hesitation to breastfeed future...
African-American mothers breast-feed their children at lower rates than Caucasian, Latina and Asian mothers. This difference often has been attributed to socio-demographic factors such as age, income, education and personal experience with breast-feeding. Now,...
Social stigmas against breastfeeding may contribute to African-American college students' hesitation to breastfeed future...
African-American mothers breast-feed their children at lower rates than Caucasian, Latina and Asian mothers. This difference often has been attributed to socio-demographic factors such as age, income, education and personal experience with breast-feeding. Now,...
Working odd shifts can hurt parent-child relationships
Research from North Carolina State University shows that working a job that doesn’t keep 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours can hurt the relationships between parents and adolescents, increasing the likelihood that children will...
Don’t ignore hip pain: Impingement is a growing problem among young, active
Hip preservation specialists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center see patients from their teens through their sixties who have femoral acetabular impingement, or FAI. This condition occurs when the ball of the...
Don't ignore hip pain: Impingement is a growing problem among young, active
Hip preservation specialists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center see patients from their teens through their sixties who have femoral acetabular impingement, or FAI. This condition occurs when the ball of the...
Kids whose bond with mother was disrupted early in life show changes in brain
Children who experience profound neglect have been found to be more prone to a behaviour known as "indiscriminate friendliness," characterised by an inappropriate willingness to approach adults, including strangers.
UCLA researchers are now reporting some...
