Health

Many Australians struggle to keep themselves cool affordably and effectively, particularly with rising electricity prices. This is becoming a major health concern, especially for our most vulnerable people such as the elderly, pregnant women and people with cardiovascular diseases.

Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more than 365,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone, a new analysis of population surveys shows.

A new study identifying 56 non-clinical risk factors associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), spanning lifestyle, physical measures, psychosocial factors, socioeconomic status, and the local environment, offers compelling evidence that improving these unfavorable profiles could prevent up to 63% of SCA cases.

Hypertension affects more than one-third of the global adult population and is a leading contributor to early death from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. While treatments for high blood pressure are widely available, many patients still face elevated health risks due to poor management of other contributing factors, such as obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, and sedentary lifestyles.

A study published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review has assessed the presence of microplastics in drinking water sources in Southern India. The work provides new evidence of the spread of plastic pollution and its increasing potential effect on human health.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dropped plans to require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in chicken and turkey products, ending a Biden administration effort to reduce foodborne illness.

Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups—such as people with drug-resistant epilepsy and people with a history of status epilepticus or seizure clusters. Neurology nurse practitioner Lucretia Long advocates that everyone with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan.

If you follow health and beauty trends on social media, you may have noticed a certain ingredient popping up in cooking and skin care posts: beef tallow.

Advanced military technology exposes civilians to various toxic metals. New research in the field of psychology provides evidence that mothers’ and newborns’ exposure to toxic metals in wars endangers children’s motor, cognitive and emotional development. Since breastfeeding during the first months is generally considered beneficial to infant health, the researchers were also interested in the role of breastfeeding in metal exposure and its association with child development issues.

While including oats in a balanced diet has long been recognized by Health Canada as a healthy food choice, thanks to the fiber content, the benefits of oat protein have been understudied—until now. New research suggests there’s even more to this grain.