Health

Baby undergoing health check. | Newsreel

Extra millions for early childhood health checks

A half-billion-dollar Queensland Government program aims to support children in the early stages of life. A major component of the $501.9 million allocated will go
Read more 3 June 2024
Global nursing shortage is looming - Newsreel

Interest in nursing falls as demand grows

A global shortage of nurses is looming as demand for medical staff grows but fewer young people are interested in nursing careers. An OECD study, released this week,
Read more 3 June 2024
Upset child with woman in bedroom. | Newsreel

Mental health keeps a quarter of students home

More than a quarter of Australia’s children are missing primary school regularly due to mental health issues. Research commissioned by not-for-profit health fund HCF,
Read more 3 June 2024
Social media is linked to depression but may not be causing it - Newsreel

Social media use may not cause depression

Young people with signs of depression tend to spend a lot of time on social media. But new research suggestions the online activity may not be the causing the
Read more 3 June 2024
Anxious young person. | Newsreel

Disasters take toll on young adults’ mental health

Natural disasters are impacting the mental health of young Australians, affecting 90 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds. New Lifeline research found the majority of
Read more 3 June 2024
Person being checked for skin cancers.

New patch for easier skin cancer detection

A new patch could make skin cancer testing quicker and less invasive. Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have developed a patch equipped with microneedles
Read more 31 May 2024
Male birth control pill a step closer - Newsreel

Male birth control pill a step closer

Medical researchers say they have uncovered a “promising option” to create a contraceptive pill for men. A study by the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas,
Read more 27 May 2024
Man putting meal in microwave oven. | Newsreel

Microwave ovens ‘less potent than candles’

You should be more worried about getting too close to a candle, if you are concerned about the radiation emitted from your microwave oven, according to
Read more 27 May 2024
Woman on train wearing mask. | Newsreel

COVID halted global life expectancy gains

The COVID-19 pandemic wiped our nearly a decade of global life expectancy gains. New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows the pandemic reversed a trend of
Read more 27 May 2024
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Mental health issues ‘transmit’ in social circles

Certain mental health disorders have been found to “transmit” within social networks formed at school. A major study of 700,000 young people in Finland, released
Read more 27 May 2024