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Babies in Australia have been vaccinated against hepatitis B since May 2000, but 240,000 Australians still live with the disease.
Our research estimates how much benefit taxing sugary drinks could bring to Indonesia.
Do you have a question about climate change? This collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre gives you the chance to ask – and we’ll provide expert answers.
Personalised nutrition has the power to save lives.
More than one-quarter of home care workers are born outside of the U.S. Stricter immigration laws could make it harder to find people to do this aide work.
A shorten Labor government will consider mandating food reformulation targets and health star ratings. These are important moves in the fight against obesity and obesity-related conditions.
We blame electronic devices for our increasingly sedentary behaviours. So why not harness them to study our movement patterns and tackle urgent health crises?
Research shows that many immigrants are healthier than Canadians when they arrive in the country. The longer they stay, the more their health declines.
The threshold for diagnosing common conditions such as high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease and gestational diabetes have all lowered in recent years. But for whose benefit?
Most vitamins and other nutritional supplements are unlikely to prevent chronic disease. Invest in good quality foods, sleep and exercise instead.
From romance to job interviews, people living with obesity are less likely to be successful.
Sitting too much might be killing you – this is what you can do about it.
From weekend walks with your doctor to free gym memberships, there is a global movement afoot.
Sometimes the difference between intending to do something and doing it is a little nudge. Now researchers are designing apps that nudge patients with chronic diseases to change their behavior.
The age of the US is increasing, and with it, new expectations of health and happiness. Is the US prepared for the wave of baby boomers who will live long and want to be as healthy as they do?
The four million Australians who suffer from mental illness have a shorter life expectancy.
New research shows women receive sub-optimal care after they have a heart attack and are twice as likely than men to die six months after the attack.
The obesity epidemic, the flu epidemic, the opioid epidemic… in the 21st century, everything seems to be an “epidemic”. But what does the term actually mean?
Halting the rapid rise in inflammatory bowel disease will require a proactive approach to medicine, and a focus on the gut.
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Health Policy, Victoria University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Health Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Health Promotion, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Associate lecturer, Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Hertfordshire
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital; Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Executive Director, George Institute Australia; Professor of Medicine, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University