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A new study has found that women who experienced physical abuse in the context of domestic violence are more likely to suffer from long-term mental health challenges, even decades after the abuse has ended.

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, we’ve seen such a character in countless movies and other depictions over the decades.

As winter settles over Australia, it’s not just the drop in temperature we notice—there’s also a sharp rise in respiratory illnesses. Most of us are familiar with the usual winter players such as COVID, influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), which often dominate news headlines and public health messaging.

Sports scientists at Nottingham Trent University wanted to investigate how a coach’s personality shaped their behavior and experiences when working with athletes.

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed an improved biological aging clock, “LinAge2,” that offers doctors a practical and more accurate way to assess how quickly a person is aging—and what can be done to slow it down.

The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016.

Looking to nature for answers to complex questions can reveal new and unprecedented results that can even affect cells on molecular levels.

Medical researchers at QIMR Berghofer have achieved a significant milestone in the treatment of depression, demonstrating the effectiveness of personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy. This innovative approach uses advanced brain imaging to tailor treatment to an individual’s unique brain anatomy and connectivity, offering a new treatment option for people who have had little success with other therapies.

About half of people with migraine disease turn to non-medication treatments in an attempt to ease their symptoms, new Otago research reveals.

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have analyzed the provision of low-value care in primary care settings. The study, published in JAMA Health Forum, found that most of this care was provided by a small number of physicians. Among these, older physicians, physicians who were not board certified, and those having high patient volumes were more likely to provide low-value care.