Sarah Berry

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry April 14, 2025 — 5.42pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One of the first studies to show the impact of physical activity on heart health came from an observation in the 1950s that conductors on London’s double-decker buses had lower rates of cardiovascular disease compared with the drivers.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry April 5, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s 20 years since Professor David Raubenheimer and his colleague Professor Stephen Simpson came up with the protein leverage hypothesis. Their groundbreaking work shifted the dial from an emphasis on fat and carbohydrate consumption to focus on the role of protein in moderating weight gain.

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Sarah Berry

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1 month ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry March 26, 2025 — 4.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. About one in six Australians experience hearing loss. And even mild loss can have a significant impact on our lives. People with mild hearing loss are twice as likely to develop dementia than those with normal hearing, are more likely to experience loneliness and social isolation, and have a 51 per cent higher chance of having a fall.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

LoadingUntil 1993, women weren’t considered in sleep research. And today only 5 per cent of sleep researchers look at sex differences. Perrault, who is due to give birth in eight weeks, has experienced this lack of understanding first hand. Despite an increased risk of adverse outcomes when sleep is disturbed during pregnancy, Perrault was incredulous when doctors passed off her insomnia as “normal”.