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Smoke covered large swathes of Australia during the catastrophic summer fires of 2019-2020. You could see the plumes from space. Over 20% of Australia’s forests went up in smoke and flame. As the fires spread, smoke covered towns and cities….

An immune factor released by white blood cells during infection or inflammation works to suppress the body’s immune response instead of enhancing it, according to Mater researchers. The finding gives medical practitioners a better understanding of chronic inflammatory conditions in…

‘Sometimes it can feel like being an animal at the zoo,’ said Eva Smith, 20, of the way she gets stared at, day in, day out. Eva has vitiligo, an autoimmune disease that causes patches of skin to lose pigment…

Before Jackson Danzig leaves the house each morning, he makes sure his backpack is filled with the usual high school necessities: books, homework, lunch—and the Narcan sitting on his bedside table. The opioid overdose reversal drug, also known by its…

Reviewed Cambridge researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers – more than double the previous estimate. The study, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology,…

For the healthiest breakfast of all, cook up a kipper and ditch sugary cereals, orange juice and toast, gut health expert says Jessie Inchauspe says Britons should not be eating sugary breakfasts  ‘The best breakfast is a savoury breakfast that…

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Ozempic, a type 2 diabetes drug that has increasingly been used to help with weight loss, will now be labeled as having the potential to block intestines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently made the label update for the…

Our ability to adapt our behavior to changes in temperature takes a significant amount of thought and decision making. For example, we need to identify suitable clothing, increase our fluid intake, and understand how to best keep the house cool….