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Does preconception care reduce pregnancy risk factors?

Does preconception care reduce pregnancy risk factors?

Preconception care comprises counselling and the provision of biomedical, behavioural and social health interventions to optimise the health of women and their partners prior to pregnancy and improves health related outcomes for themselves and their children. Most...
Do plant-based diets cut bowel cancer risk for men?

Do plant-based diets cut bowel cancer risk for men?

Bowel cancer claims the lives of 5,354 Australians every year. Risk factors include older age, family history of the disease, and eating lots of red meat – especially processed meats like salami and bacon. Plant-based diets or plant-forward eating patterns focus...

Can tiny bursts of vigorous activity improve heart health?

Cardiovascular diseases cause 27% of deaths in Australia. Around 1.2 million Australians (6.2% of adults) have 1 or more heart or vascular conditions. For some people, sticking to a regular exercise habit comes easily but for others building the motivation to exercise...