GLP-1 meds (like Wegovy and Ozempic) are recommended as long-term treatments for obesity, according to new guidelines released by the World Health Organization (WHO). They also recommend behavioural ...

Overweight children who drop to a healthy weight before adulthood are no more likely to get heart disease later on than people who were never overweight, according to an overseas study of over 100,000 ...

If your teen spends more time on social media, they may not necessarily develop body issues, according to international researchers who looked at social media use on smartphones. The team collected ...

The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy might put babies at higher risk of obesity later in life, according to overseas research with mice. Scientists fed two groups of pregnant mice the same ...

New Open-source dataset pinpoints exactly when innovations transition from the lab to the real world. A team of researchers has built one of the most detailed open maps of emerging technologies yet ...

Australia; NSW Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI),The University of Sydney Stem Cell Reports ...

Excessive social media use may be driven by habit rather than genuine addiction, according to international research, which found that Instagram users tend to overestimate the extent to which they are ...

Having high blood pressure in your teenage years could put you at risk of developing clogged arteries by middle age, especially those going to the heart, according to international and Australian ...

A large study finds that regularly speaking more than one language could help you age in a healthier way. Researchers looked at data from more than 86,000 older adults from across 27 European ...

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Bloomin' Algae! The latest science behind the SA algal bloom As we head into summer, many people are wondering what will happen to South Australia's algal bloom that h ...

5,000-7,500 steps a day could help slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease in the brain, according to Australian and international researchers. The team recruited 294 people aged 50-90 with normal ...

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after eating 80–100 small neodymium magnets that were purchased on Temu. That's despite the magnets being banned for sale for personal or ...