Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute.

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This sugar substitute does more than sweeten — it kills cancer cells When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kills off pancreatic cancer cells but doesn’t harm healthy kidney cells, according to a research team at Hiroshima...

Partnership focused on Aboriginal health and wellbeing awarded prestigious prize

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  The Tarrn-doon-nonin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Project Award is one of the most prestigious awards given by the Lowitja Institute. Tarrn-doon-nonin is the Woiwurrung word meaning “trust”, which vital in research partnerships....

Rethink the 10,000 a day step goal, study suggests

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Walking 7000 steps a day can lower the risk of an early death by up to 47 percent. by Professor Melody Ding from the School of Public Health, the study was published in The Lancet Public Health and analysed data from 57 studies from 2014 to 2025 that were conducted in...

Benefits of Learning and Playing Mahjong

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Here’s why you might want to learn the game today. In a May 2021 Time magazine interview, Annelise Heinz, the author of Mahjong: A Chinese Game and th e Making of Modern American Culture, talks about how the game became a timeless hobby for an intercultural...

The Medicinal Plants You’ll Have in Your Backyard:

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Chicory – The Painkilling Plant You Should Grow in Your Backyard This is the wild plant that Native Americans used to look for more than any other. They’d harvest and use chicory to make a natural painkilling extract for a wide range of physical discomforts,...

The truth about plants – Seven fun, fascinating (and frightening) facts

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How many of us have unthinkingly bought apples wrapped in plastic? Don’t worry, this isn’t another diatribe about plastic (we’re saving that for later). It’s a rant about plants. Wrapping a layer of superfluous plastic around food items that come with their own...