Researchers have quantified the amount of microplastic Australians are consuming in their seafood – but what do we actually know about its effect, if any, on our health?

Auckland has gone into yet another lockdown because of a growing COVID-19 cluster which started around Valentine's Day. It's yet another cluster where the origin is still uncertain but there are lessons for us -  and in the way NZ is rolling out its vacci

When it comes to research funding, should allocations reflect the diseases that cause the most death, or the most disability? Ideally we wouldn’t have to choose, but new research in the MJA finds the Medical Research Future Fund allocations haven’t reflec

A Canadian study has shown huge disparities in studies done in rich versus low and middle income countries - LMICs - with potentially enormous consequences.

When it comes to research funding, should allocations reflect the diseases that cause the most death, or the most disability? Ideally we wouldn’t have to choose, but new research in the MJA finds the Medical Research Future Fund allocations haven’t reflec

Most medication trials are paid for by pharmaceutical companies to get their drug registered so it can go on the market. You're probably now an expert in clinical trials, having watched the COVID vaccine studies. But cancer drugs are approved after phase

A study just published internationally has followed the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults for nearly 11 years to see the the impact of smoking and quitting. The results are dramatic and stark.

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A longer-term follow up study in Finland went for nearly 30 years, and looked at the influence of non-HDL cholesterol within various age groups - assessed against the chance of having signs of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries in mid-adulthood.