Health & Fitness

A new winner has been crowned in Australian Survivor, and Liz Parnov admits it was harder than her time as an Olympian. 

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A nutrition scientist who has spent his career studying breast milk has demonstrated how beneficial microbes in the gut of infants use nitrogen from human milk to support pediatric nutrition and development.

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A new Swedish study suggests that sniffing sweat while undergoing mindfulness therapy to treat anxiety may increase the effectiveness of the therapy — and we applaud the brave participants who made this research possible.

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A new study reveals that art has a powerful effect on people's bodies and emotions.

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Many people who have dieted are familiar with the yo-yo effect: after the diet, the kilos are quickly put back on. Researchers have now shown in mice that communication in the brain changes during a diet: The nerve cells that mediate the feeling of hunger receive stronger signals, so that the mice eat significantly more after the diet and gain weight more quickly. In the long term, these findings could help developing drugs to prevent this amplification and help to maintain a reduced body weight after dieting.

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After 12 years of coalition government in NSW, new NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns promises a "fresh start." Here's what a Labour government can mean for the state. 

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Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States. Vibrio vulnificus bacteria grow in warm shallow coastal waters and can infect a cut or insect bite during contact with seawater. The researchers predict that by 2041--2060 infections may spread to encompass major population centers around New York. Combined with a growing and increasingly elderly population, who are more susceptible to infection, annual case numbers could double.

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