Recent Health Research

In an article on the ABC website a report has surfaced of research linking season flu vaccine with and increased risk of Swine Flu. The article refers to a report of some Canadian studies that appeared in the Plos Medicine Journal followed 2700...

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition has turned on its head most of the current theory about how we...

According to research published in the September 2009 Scientific American, 'Mind'magazine it seems that while it may be true that early birds actually do get certain 'worms', it is also likely that they will tire considerably earlier than night...

Is it possible that Computer Tomography, (CT) scans, actually give you cancer while looking for it? According to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine by University of California-San Francisco professor and radiologist...

This research is about a series of tests that will give a solid indication that a otherwise healthy person will or will not die within five years that was published in theSydney Morning Herald...

Often wondered why you feel tired sometimes, maybe even all the time? Since the invention of the light bulb people sleep much less, approximately 500 hours a year, or 1.25 hours a day. While the exact mechanism of sleep and how it impacts our brain...

A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has demonstrated that our ability to problem solve, how organised we are able to be and some mental illnesses, can be traced back to genetically preordained neural...

Over the past century sugar has played an increasingly large role in our diet, especially in the 50 years since food production became...

The most important thing to understand is that there is no reliable cure for cancer. Despite decades of research, in 2003 the same percentage of people died from colon, breast, lung and prostate cancer as died in 1957. However, despite this sad...

Published in an article on the ABC website 5/3/2014, Low carb diet may make you unhealthy, shorten your life: study, a study of various diets and their affect on longevity show that low fat, high protein diets are not as healthy as we...