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    • Dr Julian Simmons

    Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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    Arts & Culture

    The microbiota and our mental health

    Research is revealing the connection between our microbes and our mental health, suggesting that your ‘gut-feeling’ is not just metaphorical

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    Health & Medicine

    How to maintain a healthy biome in a COVID-19 world

    COVID-19 has changed our lives, and although it may also be changing our microbiomes, there are many actions that we can take to support the microbes within and around us

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    Health & Medicine

    Are you taking care of the microbes in your mouth?

    Our mouths contain billions of microbes. Increasing evidence suggests they are important for our oral and overall health, but modern diets are causing problems

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    Arts & Culture

    Hair samples may help predict mental illness in children

    Much like rings in a tree trunk, researchers have discovered hair strands offer an historical record of the trauma an individual has experienced

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