May 10 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Ice shelves are nothing but floating extensions of glaciers. According to the result of a new study performed, if Greenland’s second-largest ice shelf splits, it might not be possible to recover it unless Earth’s future climate cools in a significant manner. Flytande istunga. Image …
Read More »American College of Medical Genetics and genomics publishes clinical practice resource on hearing loss
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Clinical Practice Resource that will help direct the treatment of patients with hearing loss: “Clinical Evaluation and Etiologic Diagnosis of Hearing Loss: A Clinical Practice Resource of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.” This ACMG …
Read More »Queensland’s Top Doctor Warns Of “Significant Wave” Of Influenza
Queensland health experts are warning of an explosion of influenza cases this winter. Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard said Queensland is likely to see a “significant wave” of influenza cases as well as “combined cases” of both influenza and Covid. Stay up-to-date on the latest news with The Queensland Briefing …
Read More »It’s Time to Stop Saying “Junk” Food
Many people’s reaction to this confusion is to refine the category of “healthy” until it’s full of foods essentially available only to people who live on a farm, as well as close to other farms, with the ability to spend every day prepping fresh farm-sourced food for themselves. They also …
Read More »Why the craft of weaving together science and policy is more critical now than ever
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, many world leaders asserted something that seemed sensible – and welcome – to fans of science everywhere: put simply, that they would ‘follow the science’. But if you step on to a modern university campus, or take a tour through the variety …
Read More »Surveillance state: Australian sport and its next battlefront
Professional sports in Australia have been taken hostage by the promise of dollars that data can bring, leading to an “explosion in the capture” of athletes’ personal and private information collected from 24-7 monitoring with little to no regulations or safeguards. Key points: A new report says the data collected by …
Read More »Rewarding the small businesses driving Australia forward
Our judges have combed through the more than 24,000 small businesses that were nominated for this year’s Telstra Best of Business Awards. We’ve singled out a few incredible businesses that demonstrate the resilience and ingenuity of the Aussie small business community. At a gala event in Sydney, we’ve just announced …
Read More »This is as good as movies are going to get
Are you one of the people who hates Hollywood because Hollywood only serves up superhero movies and sequels … most of which are sequels to superhero movies? Well, here’s some encouraging news: Two of the highest-grossing movies of 2022 are romantic comedies: The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing …
Read More »Australia launches National Preventive Health Strategy
Date published: 13 December 2021 Media type: Media release Audience: General public The Morrison Government has today launched the National Preventive Health Strategy, a 10-year plan to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians at all stages of life. The Strategy seeks to improve Australia’s health system, fundamentally focused …
Read More »National Preventive Health Strategy 2021–2030
The National Preventive Health Strategy aims to provide more balance to the health system by enhancing the focus on prevention and by building systems-based change over a 10-year period. The strategy aims to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians at all stages of life, through a systems-based approach …
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