Health

A common energy drink ingredient could be leading blood cancer cells to grow and multiply.

Urgent warning issued about cancer-causing energy drinks

An urgent warning has been issued over a common ingredient in popular energy drinks that may be linked to the rapid spread of cancer.

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Another man has died with melioidosis in Queensland this week.

Deadly infectious disease claims life amid wet weather surge

Cases of the illness have spiked during ongoing floods and heavy rainfall.

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Is it time to update the guidelines on IVF gender selection in Australia? 

Is it time to update the guidelines on IVF gender selection in Australia? 

We found out the sex of our second child because I really wanted a boy. But what if we found out we were having another girl? Would we then have tried for three? Probably. 

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Adult testing for ADHD and autism can be costly so people are looking elsewhere.

TikTokers are self-diagnosing. That’s good and bad.

SARAH GUNDLE: Adult testing for ADHD and autism can be costly so people are looking elsewhere.

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Caitlin Bailey spent $45,000 travelling to the US to choose the sex of her child via IVF. 

‘Makes me sick’: Plea from mum who dodged IVF gender ban

An influencer who flew overseas to side-step an Australian ban on gender selection has issued an emotional plea after going public with her story. 

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Parents say their little boy became sick after using a formula made by Coco2 Australia.

Aussie-based baby formula at centre of unsettling ‘malnutrition’ fears

‘He just started to go downhill, just quite lethargic, lost all his colour, lost weight.’

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Weight-loss jab Mounjaro helps people with obesity shed significantly more weight than rival Wegovy, research suggests.

‘King Kong’ of weight-loss jabs wins head-to-head challenge

Researchers compared two popular weight-loss injections and found that while both helped people lose kilos, one turned out to be more effective.

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Scientists now believe they know when and where the virus first emerged. 
China accused the US of politicising the origins of COVID-19. (AP PHOTO)

‘Substantial evidence’: China claims COVID came from US

China has warned the United States it should not ‘pretend to be deaf and dumb’ over the origin of COVID, releasing a white paper that suggests the virus did not start in Asia.

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A top IVF layer has warned a recent mix up in Australia may not be the country’s first.

Lawyer warns embryo error may not be an isolated case

A leading IVF lawyer says a recent embryo mix-up at a Queensland clinic may be just the tip of the iceberg — and warns that similar cases could be going unnoticed.

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Hundreds of thousands of Australians could avoid the emergency department under one of Labor’s last health promises of the election campaign.

Free, 24/7 hotline pledged as Labor’s final health push

Hundreds of thousands of Australians could avoid the emergency department under one of Labor's last health promises of the election campaign.

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Getting on top of it may help you control your weight.

Is it possible to reverse insulin resistance?

SARAH DI LORENZO: This common condition could be draining your energy. Here is how to reverse it and start feeling energised again.

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Food Standards Australia and New Zealand says the dyes set to be phased out in the US are safe.

Food dyes targeted in US crackdown still on Aussie shelves

All six artificial food colours set to be phased out under a Trump administration crackdown sparked by concern about their potential impact on health are freely available in foods sold in Australia. 

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Experts say research shows bacteria might be contributing to a rise in bowel cancer in young people. (AP PHOTO)

Theory behind why bowel cancer is rising in youth revealed

A rise in the rates of bowel cancer among youth across the world could be partly explained by a discovery about a bacterial toxin, experts believe.

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The Department of Health and Human Services said it aims to work with the industry to eliminate six synthetic dyes.

‘Every ingredient and additive’: RFK Jr wages war on US food

The way Americans eat could be set for its biggest shake-up of all time as the United States’ top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eyes a battle with some of the country's most popular products.

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