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Children thrive when parents are warm and responsive to their needs, while also providing clear guidance and setting limits. This is known as authoritative parenting. But most parents will tell you authoritative parenting is easier said than done, especially when children have frequent intense emot...

Nasos Zovoilis/Getty Images The Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing Australia’s surrogacy laws to ensure they’re fit for purpose and reflect the population’s current views. One aspect being considered is whether surrogates should be allowed to receive financial payments for gest...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened the historic first Global Forum of Collaborating Centres—one of the world’s largest and most diverse public health networks—bringing together representatives from over 800 institutions designated as WHO Collaborating Centres (CCs) across more than 80...

The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas – and the second globally – to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy disease.

Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Bowel cancer has been making headlines around the world, following the death last week of actor James Van Der Beek. The former Dawson’s Creek actor was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 45. Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, develops when cells in any pa...

joyce huis/Unsplash When we talk about a biological clock ticking, it usually means the pressure women feel to fall pregnant before a certain age. It’s linked to the decline in eggs (ova) and fertility as females age. But sperm numbers and fertility similarly decline with age in men. When a heteros...

Progress made during the six years, since the declaration of COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, in preparing for a future pandemic, and what remains to be done.

Getty Images A dark doormat that looks like a hole in the floor. A patterned carpet that appears uneven. A chair that becomes difficult to recognise or move around. These are just some of the ways dementia can change how people experience their surroundings, even within homes they’ve lived in for de...

FG Trade/Getty When you think about obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, does being a “neat freak” or “germaphobe” come to mind? In fact, OCD is not a personality quirk. It’s a distressing and disabling psychiatric condition that affects around one in 50 of us. Obsessive compulsive disorder is mor...