John Elder
Children who are picky eaters may never grow out of it
Does the mention of broccoli or bratwurst turn your darling child into a brawling resistance fighter? Does your preschooler regard peas or...
Yes, the coronavirus is mutating: But it isn’t necessarily a bad thing
A month ago, scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico released a paper that described how the SARS-CoV-2 virus...
Flu shots: We are close to herd immunity for the first time
What a difference a pandemic makes. Surveys have found that more than two-thirds of adult Australians have had – or intend to...
Heart attack, stroke, or losing your mind? What hurts the heart, hurts the brain
Lowering blood pressure by taking blood pressure medications reduces the risk of developing dementia and cognitive impairment by 7 per cent. The...
Thin people: Blessed with a gene the rest of us would pay money for
As the rest of the world has been packing on the pudding during COVID lockdown, about 1 per cent of the population...
Climate predictions coming true: Hurricanes getting stronger, heat is getting wetter
An analysis of satellite images collected over 40 years has shown that a warming climate is causing hurricanes to blow harder....
Working from home and need to be switched on? Avoid greasy snacks
Good times, right? In the bad old days of leaving the house, there was no way you could bring a burger the...
Long, painful and often mysterious road to recovery for some COVID-19 patients
And now for the next thing: in recent days, especially in the oversea media, we’ve seen stories about people who became ill...
The last word on coffee? Might be bad for our knees, good for post-menopausal bleeding
Long black, short life? It’s said that we drink about three billion cups a day, globally. And as it goes with things...
Coronavirus: Low levels of vitamin D linked to mortality
Global data from the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality. The deficiency appears to...