A dose of nature could enhance your work performance
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An increasing number of health professionals are dispensing green scripts: simple but effective ways to counter nature deficit disorder.
An increasing number of health professionals are dispensing green scripts: simple but effective ways to counter nature deficit disorder.
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The mad scientist of the chef world, Heston Blumenthal, wants to investigate how your gut microbiome, DNA, emotions and memories affect your wellbeing.
A combination of physical therapy and spinal stimulation has restored walking function to three men with chronic paraplegia. Now a start-up hopes to turn the treatment into a global rehabilitation program.
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Results from the world's largest prostate cancer trial are set to change the way thousands of Australian men with an advanced form of the disease are managed.
A blood test after cancer surgery might be able to tell people whether they need to have chemotherapy and if so, how much.
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