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💉 About two in five cancers across the world are likely preventable, according to an international analysis that found 30 risk factors that could be influenced, such as through lifestyle changes and infection control

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⭐ Crown-of-thorns starfish are notorious for crunching down on coral reefs, and Aussie researchers believe that some of the starfish outbreaks could be due to overfishing of the predatory fish that eat them

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🤢 Researchers have helped to map the toxins known as ciguatoxins that are one of the most common causes of seafood-linked food poisoning

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🩻 The assistance of artificial intelligence for routine mammograms means more cancers are picked up, and fewer diagnoses are made between screens, according to international research

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🏥 Some keyhole surgeries can be done safely and effectively by a robot operated remotely by a surgeon in an entirely different location, according to Chinese research.

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🏭UK and French researchers suggest the health impacts from the production of plastics might reach numbers more than double those of 2016 by the year 2040

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🔦 If you need an expert ahead of the National Cabinet meeting for health and disability funding, look no further than our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Dr Lloyd Walker

🦼 He is an expert in all things Assistive technology and you can find his details here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=lloyd-walker&a=39129

🍆Human penis size may indicate male attractiveness and fighting ability, with a larger size more attractive to women and more likely to intimidate rivals, according to #MonashUni #ANU #UniMelb and South African researchers

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📺Most of us probably enjoy binging our favourite TV shows from time to time, but becoming a binge addict may mean you're more likely to be lonely, according to Chinese scientists

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✋Like something out of the Addams Family, scientists have created a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects

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🦈Four shark attacks have now been recorded off NSW beaches in 48 hours, with authorities closing more than 20 beaches. A man surfing at Point Plomer is reported to have only minor injuries after a shark bit through his board, following a series of attacks that left a man and a 12-year-old boy in critical condition. An 11 year old also had his board bitten by a shark at Dee Why.

In response to the attacks, Dr Rebecca Olive from RMIT University says, "Shark encounters are an unavoidable possibility of using oceans for leisure and recreation."

But what can we do to avoid future incidences?

Professor Culum Brown from Macquarie University explains that we can "First, avoid swimming on your own - this is a general rule for safe swimming, but it equally applies to sharks. If someone gets bitten, you need to seek help as fast as possible.

Second, avoid swimming at dawn and dusk - this tends to be a time when sharks are more active.

Third, don't swim after heavy rainfall, especially in and around estuaries. Sharks, especially bulls, are drawn to freshwater flushes to feed on fish and dead animals as they drift down from rivers. Analysis of bull shark catches close to shore always shows an effect of rainfall.

Fourth, don't swim in murky water (also associated with high rainfall). Sharks' vision for finding prey will be impeded, and they will be attracted to disturbances in the water. They are more likely to accidentally bite a person, thinking it is prey (sharks do not eat people)."

Professor Jodie Rummer from James Cook University says that it's important to note "First and foremost, any injury in the ocean is confronting, and it is important to approach this conversation with care and respect for those affected by these very serious shark-human interactions. It is also important to frame these as shark-human interactions rather than deliberate attacks. Sharks do not target people."

Read the full comments, and more (including those from The University of Adelaide and Swinburne University of Technology), on Scimex.

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🤕 Norwegian researchers say people who were admitted to the hospital for a traumatic injury are nine times more likely to commit suicide than their uninjured peers

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🎮Playing video games for more than 10 hours a week could have a significant impact on young people’s diet, sleep and body weight, according to #CurtinUni

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🐈An Irish scientist surveyed 975 people in the UK, around a third of whom had experienced the death of a pet and nearly all of whom had experienced the death of a person, and found around one in five said the death of their pet was more distressing

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🚶Tiny changes in exercise, diet and sleep could still help people live longer, according to two papers from Australian and international researchers

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When it comes to healthy choices, small improvements can still help you live longer

🌿US scientists brought together the existing evidence on cannabis for chronic pain and found that products with higher levels of psychoactive #THC and lower levels of non-psychoactive #CBD may provide modest improvements in the short term, especially for people with nerve pain

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📱Korean scientists investigated three popular chatbots people turn to for medical advice - ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude - to see if they could be made to dish out dodgy recommendations when the prompts used were malicious attempts to manipulate their behaviour

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