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Many people with migraines suffer in the dark for years before they find the right treatment, but one neurologist has suggested a framework to ease the pain. 

What's happening at the cellular level when an ageing brain is exposed to exercise? At least through the microscope, it looks like rejuvenation. 

 

Australia has a successful breast cancer screening program, but experts say it can (and should) be better. 

New research drives home the importance of treating type 2 diabetes as early as possible for lifelong benefits. 

An update on how COVID vaccines are faring with all the new variants circulating in the community. 

And we take a look at some of the advancements being made in transplant technology. 

The top five things you can do to keep your mental health in check, plus an update on the virus everyone is talking about: bird flu. 

Correcting the record on fructose, and new research offers some clues about whose allergies might desist as they grow up. 

Also, new insights from a vaccine complication, and the risk of catching a common virus during pregnancy. 

How bird flu has (probably) gone from cows to humans, as well as the latest on psychedelics for depression and psychotropics in healthcare.

How much time you should spend sitting, standing, moving and sleeping for the optimal 24 hours. 

How sexuality might shorten your lifespan. And why the health effects of nanoplastics are so difficult to uncover. 

Researchers have found a possible link between iron and long-COVID

Each year the flu vaccine is reformulated to target the current strains of influenza A and B that are circulating globally — but what if it didn't need to be?

A new review of Health at Every Size shows that, at least when it comes to measures like cholesterol and blood pressure, it's not enough on its own.

One of the most common interventions for IBS is an elimination diet to try to identify a trigger. But that diet might carry its own risk – of triggering disordered eating – a new study warns.

While grief effects everyone differently, a small group of people can find themselves 'stuck' in intense grief – it's not depression, it's prolonged grief disorder, and it can be treated.

The Health Report mailbag features "stoolgazing" and when to collect your own samples… or not.

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