One company’s food waste could be transformed into another’s treasure – or even a product that improves our health and wellbeing. This is the premise of research at the University of Sydney that’s investigating how discarded food can be rich in nutrients. Professor Fariba Dehghani, of the university’s school of ...

Scientists have discovered a tell-tale sign of heart and lung disease – the inability to show surprise in our face. US research published in Emergency Medicine Journal tested the facial expressions of 50 hospital patients who were in the process of being diagnosed and treated. Patients were scored on how ...

The number of Australians diagnosed with diabetes has doubled since 1990, with more than a million people now living with the disease, and obesity is likely to be the cause of this, according to a report by private health insurer Medibank. In the report, it was revealed two thirds of ...