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For one thing, there’d be a much higher rate of brain cancers in the decades since mobile phones were widely adopted.
It’s a good idea to let your drinks cool down before you take a sip.
Acid rain and metals from power plants, vehicles and industries reached remote mountain lakes for years. Evidence from those lakes today shows the success of the Clean Air Act.
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
It could take up to three or four months for your eyelashes to grow back to their typical length.
A very small amount of gluten can be harmful to people with coeliac disease, so you may worry about cross-contamination through saliva.
Tobacco companies say that heated tobacco products have fewer health risks than cigarettes, but there is little clear data to support that claim.
Fertility clinics are not for everyone. So many people are going online to look for a sperm donor. But that comes with risks. Here’s what to think about first.
Despite calls from some corners to switch from canola oil and corn oil to beef tallow, the move is unlikely to make Americans healthier.
A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.
Statistically, your risk for cancer goes up from the very first sip of alcohol. However, what’s lost in this messaging is how much this risk is.
Countries have promised to reduce their fossil fuel subsidies to fight climate change, but that’s harder to do than it sounds, as an energy law expert explains.
Using ethnicity as a proxy for need is supported by local and international research. The government’s decision to get rid of it will mean worse outcomes for Māori and Pacific New Zealanders.
New international research reveals climate change increased the proportion of wildfire smoke-related human deaths tenfold between the 1960s and 2010s. Here’s what that means for Australia.
A lot went wrong in the scramble to respond after a train carrying highly volatile vinyl chloride and other chemicals derailed in 2023. The lessons can help ensure safer responses in the future.
We examined how households in Victoria cope with, adapt to and endure summer heatwaves. Most took a short-term view. A more sophisticated, long-term approach to managing heatwaves is needed.
Elvis died on the toilet, possibly of a heart attack. A new Australian-led study involving thousands of people sheds new light on how constipation and heart attacks are linked.
Durability and the risk of chemicals being released when pipes heat up are just 2 concerns about plastic pipes.
The heat comes from everywhere when you’re active outside on hot days – the Sun’s rays, the air around you, the ground and even your own body.
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Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Behavioural Medicine Lab, School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, University of Victoria
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Professor, Kinesiology, Western University
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Research Fellow/ Epidemiologist, Australian National University
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Research officer, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Florida International University
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Reader in Public Health Nutrition, Teesside University
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Team Head, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, QIMR Berghofer
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Developmental Biologist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior lecturer in public health, Newcastle University
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Fulbright and Scientia PhD Scholar, UNSW
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Senior Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Aquatic Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, Florida International University