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As we move through Autumn, parts of Australia are starting to see cooler weather. For some of us, that can mean increasing feelings of hunger and cravings for “comfort food” such as pasta, stews and ramen. But what’s happening in our body?

Children diagnosed with asthma were at significantly increased risk of developing anxiety, a University of Queensland study has found.

Actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow declared “I love an IV!” recently, calling herself an “early adoptor” of intravenous infusion during a podcast. Both she and the show’s host were hooked up to drips during an interview in which they discussed bone broth, skipping meals and infrared saunas.

Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world’s most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report and “final warning” about the climate crisis. It outlined several mental health challenges associated with increasing temperatures, trauma from extreme events, and loss of livelihoods and culture.

Food insecurity is described as the ‘norm’ by remote Indigenous Australians as they juggle rising power prices and food affordability, a University of Queensland study has found.

More referral pathways and public promotion would significantly lower the health impact of anxiety disorders worldwide, a University of Queensland study has concluded.

Parents can now use a ‘COVID calculator’ to help weigh up the risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccinations for their children.

University of Queensland research has found women who have quality relationships in their 40s and 50s are less likely to develop multiple chronic conditions in older age.

The University of Queensland’s Dr Dung Phung has been honoured with an $8,445,649 million grant to lead development of a user-friendly digital prediction tool that will help prevent dengue disease in Vietnam.

The number of armed conflicts currently raging around the world is the greatest since the end of the Second World War. These wars can leave toxic environmental legacies and cause untold damage to human health.

Have you heard the saying “water is life?” Well, it’s true. Water is an essential nutrient. Our body cannot produce sufficient water to live, so we need to consume water through food and fluids to survive.

Global food security concerns are growing, stirred by climate change, biodiversity loss, depletion of soil nutrients and over-exploitation of water sources. If we want a future that sustains the world, we must learn to serve nature first.

This week’s announcement of a raft of new tobacco control measures – including banning menthol products and proposing health warnings on individual cigarettes – are important and welcome.

Tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn’t regularly tested and often isn’t safe to drink, according to a water industry report released last week. In some communities, drinking water contained unacceptable levels of uranium, arsenic, fluoride and nitrate.

Every year, more than 20,000 Australians – mostly women – are diagnosed with breast cancer. If you’re one of them or know someone who is, the great news is that 92 out of every 100 women will survive for five years or more after their diagnosis.

A University of Queensland study has found there are still barriers to terminating a pregnancy in Queensland, more than three years after the practice was decriminalised.

Rising cigarette prices have overtaken health concerns as the biggest motivator for people to cut down or stop smoking.

Indigenous people recorded the highest rates of smoking cessation with support from a community program aimed at reducing tobacco consumption in Central Queensland.

Lorelle Holland describes herself as a disruptor. The proud Mandandanji woman and University of Queensland PhD candidate is relatively new to academia but is already making her mark.

In some Australian states, children can legally be detained from the age of ten years old. This has led to over-policing and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. First Nations children represent 50% of youth incarcerated during 2021.