The National Health and Medical Research Council has released its draft Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating for public consultation.

Static stretching warm ups are being overused by athletes even though they can be counter-productive, according to Victoria University research.

University of Sydney researchers have debunked the widespread belief that technological devices like computers and mobile phones are increasingly eating into our sleep in research published in the December issue of the Medical Journal of Australia.

Researchers at King's College London have discovered how one of the most common household painkillers works, which could pave the way for less harmful pain relief medications to be developed in the future.

Overeating and drinking alcohol can be hard to avoid during the festive season, and NPS is encouraging everyone to consider how what you do over the party season might affect your health and the medicines you're taking.

Scientists are about to make publicly available all the data they have so far on the genetic blueprint of medicinal plants and what beneficial properties are encoded by the genes identified.

Links between social networking and young people's use of alcohol are now so firmly embedded that many users of both aren't even aware of the connections, according to new research.

Paternal depression during a child's first year can have a negative impact on the child's behaviour and development, according to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis of long-term effects of violent video game play on the brain has found changes in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control in young adult men after one week of game play. The results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) on Nov 30.

Findings on coronary CT angiography (CTA), a noninvasive test to assess the coronary arteries for blockages, show different risk scenarios for men and women, according to a study presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) on Nov 30.