John Elder
Bubble babies cured: Gene therapy appears to restore immunity
Scientists have used gene therapy to restore fully functioning immune systems in seven babies who were born with a form of ‘bubble-babies’...
Why women get more migraines than men and what science is doing to change that
There are two things people with migraines want to know: when will it stop? And why in mercy’s name is this happening...
Starting from scratch, doctors beat the tropical curse of scabies
If a strange silence has come over the Choiseul Province of the Solomon Islands, it’s because thousands of people have stopped scratching....
Life’s easier being green: New study finds link between access to parks and risk of mental health disorders in children
A new study of more than a million people has found that children who grew up with the lowest levels of green...
‘Flutters’ are the new peril attacking the ailing hearts of an unfit nation
More Australians are going to hospital with atrial fibrillation – often jauntily known as a heart flutter – than any other cardiovascular...
Dengue fever: Entire world’s population to be at risk, climate change to blame
A billion more people will be newly exposed to mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever as global warming hits its stride over the...
Child volunteers wanted for drug trial to save healthy tonsils from extraction
An anti-inflammatory nasal spray is being trialled by Victorian researchers on small children with breathing and sleeping difficulties, with the hope it...
Researchers couldn’t be hoppier after discovering new species of ‘mini frogs’
Big news in the world of tiny frogs: German zoologists have named five new species from the island of Madagascar. Three of...
‘Fake’ works by Botticelli and Van Gogh found to be priceless originals
If you’re thinking the Goya in your foyer is a charming fake – a declared homage if you’re touchy – maybe call...
Kindness beats beer or brooding when blowing off that bad mood
Desperate to blow off that filthy mood that has everyone around you walking on eggshells? Forget the glass of wine, bottle of...