Can you boost your brain?
In Lucy, Scarlett Johansson gains access to her other 90 per cent and becomes a telepathic, telekinetic, murderous genius. Bradley Cooper takes
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For Women With HIV, Life Can Hurt Fight for Health
“Survival is a priority over putting a pill in your mouth for a number of our participants, and that is
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Tide turns on HIV in NZ
Re-energised ‘Ending HIV’ prevention campaigns have been ubiquitous in epicentres like central Auckland: on billboards, buses, social media and at
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More than just melanoma
Top of the list of “other skin cancers” are basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) which, although
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10 capsules Is Vitamin D Hype ‘Wishful Thinking’?
“It’s been a hot topic for about 10 years,” says Kelly Pritchett, PhD, a registered dietitian who studies vitamin D
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Half of Older Dialysis Patients Die Within a Year
The highest death rates were among patients older than 85; those who had four or more major health problems in
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Battery coating could save lives
Jeongbin Ok, a senior lecturer at Victoria University’s School of Design, has created a coating for button batteries which, if
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Brain ‘Zap’ Might Rejuvenate Aging Memory
The study results not only provide new insights into age-related working memory decline, “but they also show us that the
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How city life can affect young women
A 2017 Ipsos Healthcare research project involving 1037 Australians found 25 per cent of young people rated mental health as
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Cold syrup sales restricted
Medsafe, the medicines safety authority, has taken action on medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM) – a cough suppressant with sedative, dissociative
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