GLP-1s - weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy - could help people with obesity reduce their binge eating and similar behaviours, say US and UK researchers, though the evidence remains limited.

There is a small link between the use of GLP-1 RA weight loss/diabetes drugs such as Ozempic and an eye condition that can lead to vision loss - according to two international studies - however, both ...

Experts are calling for a major overhaul of health and aged care systems to cater for rising numbers of elderly people. As global birth rates decline and life expectancy rises, the World Health ...

In a global breakthrough published in Nature Genetics, researchers have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate bone formation and loss at an unprecedented scale and discovered the ...

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' cancer outcomes are improving, with their data showing both the incidence of cancer ...

The recent UK heatwave in May and June 2026 is estimated to have led to 2,700 extra deaths across England and Wales, with climate change implicated in 42% of the deaths. The research, which is yet to ...

US scientists say traffic-light-style ecolabels on fast food menus could help us make more sustainable choices. The team tested a range of ecolabels on burger or sandwich menus among 6,210 US adults.

Australian and international researchers say sustained extreme heat was linked to an increased risk of heading to the hospital for issues relating to mental health. The researchers looked at ...

New computer modelling has revealed that as many as 220,000 Indigenous Australians died in a devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak that originated in Sydney, by tracing its origins to the First Fleet.

Some AI models designed to predict stroke and diabetes risk may be based on datasets whose origins cannot be verified, according to new research. Some AI models designed to predict stroke and diabetes ...

An overseas study says Indigenous Amazonian cultures could lose a third of the plants they use, services these provide - like medicines - and over a quarter of the 'Amazonian knowledge pool'.

The rate of a life-threatening gut disease called Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC) has decreased by 38% in very premature babies who received donated breast milk from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, ...