Violent video games have long been blamed for increased aggression and decreased empathy in the teenagers who play them – but thankfully the news is not all bad.

High school can be stressful as school work and expectations mount – particularly when exams are looming. But students who believe intelligence can be developed may weather anxiety better than those who think it is a fixed trait, according to US research.

Heart disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer, arthritis, depression, Alzheimer’s: these diseases share a common culprit. Low-grade inflammation.

Several factors shape our propensity to gain excess pounds – and most are preventable. To help shine a light on this, researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain developed a dietary tool for calculating obesity risk

Few sounds are more delightful than a baby’s sweet voice. But baby tones not only enrapture us. New research suggests other babies enjoy hearing them too, even preferring them to our own high-pitched cooing.

John Strachan’s career began as a chef. Several years ago, as outer sector manager for residential centres that house people with severe mental illness in Adelaide, he saw a gaping hole in their health care team: there were no nutrition professionals.

A friend recently messaged me saying a few of her friends “are being knocked around by Hashimoto’s,” and asked if I had some advice.

We’ve all seen images of sexy young people radiating happiness and vitality while sipping sugar-sweetened drinks with sparkly white teeth.

Anna Ciccarelli, of Adelaide, still remembers trying to get her 16-year old daughter to sleep as a baby. “Your heart breaks just listening to them cry, and you want to go in there but you’re told not to.

Painkillers containing the opioid codeine, like Panadeine and Nurofen Plus, are no longer available without prescription