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21 May 2024

How do receptors multi-task across different organs and tissues in the body?

An international team of researchers has published a new study in Nature which explains how the body's cell receptors multi-task and interact with the proteins that interpret changes in body chemistry.

03 May 2024

To boost quality of life while aging, stay active or get active by 55

A new study has shown a link between regular exercise during mid-age and physical health later on, even when the exercise routine was not started until the mid-50s.

02 May 2024

How corporations harm your health through everyday products - a history

We think we control our health but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role, writes Dr Nick Chartres, senior research fellow at the University of Sydney with co-author Professor Lisa Bero from University of Colorado.

02 May 2024

Nanotech opens door to future of insulin medication

Research led by the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District has developed a new type of oral insulin based on nanotechnology. In the future, it could offer the 75 million people worldwide who use insulin for diabetes a more effective and needle-free alternative.

01 May 2024

Navigating supermarket food aisles

Our CPC RPA Health for Life Program team offers some tips on navigating supermarket food aisles amid the onslaught of advertising designed to make us buy what we might not need and which may not be healthy.