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The Victorian government has announced an inquiry into women’s pain. Given women are disproportionately affected by pain, such a thorough investigation is long overdue...

One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure..

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

Late last year, the Lancet retracted a major study that had linked hearing aid use in people with hearing loss to reduced dementia risk. At a time when dementia risk tools and guidelines are being updated to include hearing loss as a risk factor, does this change anything?

It seems strange that hypochondriacs who, by definition, worry yet have nothing wrong with them, should enjoy shorter lifespans than the rest of us. Let’s find out more...

The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating...

The market is awash with products claiming to be rooted in ancient traditions that have allegedly given women relief from menopausal symptoms - but how do the claims stack up?

You might think that more testosterone means greater vitality and wellbeing, but it’s more complicated than that says Professor Bu Yeap, consultant endocrinologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA.

This year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers will only be allowed to use nicotine vapes that comply with TGA...

Walk 10,000 steps a day, cut back alcohol, get better sleep at night, stay socially active — we’re told that changes like these can prevent up to 40 per cent of dementia cases worldwide...

Problems with focus and impulse control can be common developmental stages through which children and adolescents naturally progress.

Do you have family members or friends sick with a respiratory infection? If so, there’s a good chance it’s COVID, caused by the JN.1 variant currently circulating in Australia.

The Victorian government has announced an inquiry into women’s pain. Given women are disproportionately affected by pain, such a thorough investigation is long overdue...

One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure..

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

Late last year, the Lancet retracted a major study that had linked hearing aid use in people with hearing loss to reduced dementia risk. At a time when dementia risk tools and guidelines are being updated to include hearing loss as a risk factor, does this change anything?

It seems strange that hypochondriacs who, by definition, worry yet have nothing wrong with them, should enjoy shorter lifespans than the rest of us. Let’s find out more...

The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating...

The market is awash with products claiming to be rooted in ancient traditions that have allegedly given women relief from menopausal symptoms - but how do the claims stack up?

You might think that more testosterone means greater vitality and wellbeing, but it’s more complicated than that says Professor Bu Yeap, consultant endocrinologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA.

This year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers will only be allowed to use nicotine vapes that comply with TGA...

Walk 10,000 steps a day, cut back alcohol, get better sleep at night, stay socially active — we’re told that changes like these can prevent up to 40 per cent of dementia cases worldwide...

Problems with focus and impulse control can be common developmental stages through which children and adolescents naturally progress.

Do you have family members or friends sick with a respiratory infection? If so, there’s a good chance it’s COVID, caused by the JN.1 variant currently circulating in Australia.

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