What people ate at the start of a 20-year study was linked to their heart failure odds
Diet records from the early 2000s offer a window into how everyday food choices and existing health conditions…
A trial of 3,220 smokers puts cash rewards for quitting to the test
A large trial tests whether free medication, cash rewards, and texts about a smoke-free future can help patients…
Tom Cruise’s Digger defeat made worse by his ex’s successes
Nicole Kidman kept the nose she wore in The Hours. But of course – that few centimetres won…
Childhood family environments impact midlife cardiovascular and cognitive health
Doctoral dissertation research investigated how the family environment in childhood affects health in midlife. The study showed that…
A survey of 371,000 adults links heart disease to eating whole fruit less often
A survey of more than 370,000 US adults compares whole fruit and juice habits across cardiovascular diagnoses, with…
Heated tobacco users had more hypertension, but the story is not that simple
A nationwide analysis of more than 30,000 Japanese adults examines how emerging tobacco products relate to blood pressure…
Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement
With repeated exposure, the brain adapts to nicotine’s presence. Receptors become less responsive, and so the brain compensates…
Sonia Kruger’s dementia fear after family diagnosed with disease
Gold Logie winner Sonia Kruger said she’s looking seriously at her own life after seeing close family members…
Aging population drives rise in smoking-related mortality risks
Smoking kills. But why does smoking seem more likely to kill now than a few decades ago? In…
How the Brownlow has changed over the ages: men-only, smoking, venues and fashion
Peter Bedford, the South Melbourne star who won the first televised Brownlow Medal count in 1970, estimates that…
Study identifies powerful inherited risk factor for lung cancer
A rare inherited mutation in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene is associated with a 25-fold increased…
Coffee after colorectal cancer? Decaf and caffeine show different links with mortality
A multiethnic cohort study separated total, caffeinated, and decaffeinated coffee intake and tracked long-term survival after colorectal cancer…