Addiction
Should pharmacists be able to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription?
The Australian government is currently considering a bill to implement the next stage of reforms to vaping regulation.
Apr 16, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Murray Valley encephalitis: Summer is over but mosquito-borne disease remains a risk in northern Australia
Cooler temperatures are fading our memories of summer and reducing numbers of mosquitoes in southern parts of Australia. But up north, warmer temperatures and plenty of rain will keep mosquitoes active.
Apr 12, 2024
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Health
Surgery won't fix my chronic back pain, so what will?
This week's ABC Four Corners episode Pain Factory highlighted that our health system is failing Australians with chronic pain. Patients are receiving costly, ineffective and risky care instead of effective, low-risk treatments ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
High rate of death soon after release from jail is avoidable: Researchers call for coordinated whole government response
More than 30 million people worldwide pass through prisons every year, including almost 70,000 in Australia.
Apr 11, 2024
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Health
Nonbinary people have hormone therapy and surgery more often than you might think
(The authors say, throughout this article we reference people's presumed gender at birth, which may seem ironic as we are talking about people whose gender identity was assumed incorrectly. We use this to define the unmet ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Pediatrics
Is your child 'overscheduled?' How to get the balance right on extracurricular activities
It's a weeknight, parents rush through the door from work, grab a snack, and then speed off in various directions to children's extracurricular activities. As they do, they are managing tired and hungry kids as they all move ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Pediatrics
Feeding young kids on a budget? Parents say the mental load is crushing
Feeding babies and toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. But when families can't afford enough food, let alone the recommended range of different colored vegetables, or iron-rich meats, it's tougher still.
Mar 21, 2024
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Pediatrics
Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money
Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes up nearly half of total formula ...
Mar 18, 2024
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Video consults for chronic knee pain as effective as in-person care, study shows
Australians experiencing chronic knee pain achieve similar pain reduction whether they consult with physiotherapists via video or attend in-person physiotherapy sessions, new research shows, expanding the scope of treatment ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Health
Mythbusting young Australians' overestimation of vaping among peers
E-cigarette use is seen as widespread, common and normal among young Australians even though hard data indicate that the clear majority of teens have not vaped, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University ...
Mar 4, 2024
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