An end to outdoor marketing of gambling, alcohol and junk food is urgently needed to protect children from harm, according to new University of Otago-led research.
Oct 6, 2022
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The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there's been little progress in keeping e-cigarettes out of the hands of kids.
Oct 6, 2022
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The herbal formulation Kamini has been in the news with a Brisbane drug and alcohol treatment program reporting 12 men accessing the service because they could not stop taking Kamini. A second group of 12 patients in Melbourne ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Uruguay was a pioneer in the legalization of recreational cannabis use, a move that helped to push many drug traffickers out of the domestic market.
Sep 30, 2022
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Welfare state decommodification is associated with a lower age-standardized death rate and improved population health due to both direct and indirect mechanisms, according to a new study published this week in the open-access ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Long COVID has already cost the Australian economy three million working days this year, according to a government analysis seen by AFP Friday, significantly worsening the country's acute labor shortages.
Aug 26, 2022
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In yet another example of the financial toll that the new coronavirus has exacted during the pandemic, a new report estimates that up to 4 million Americans are out of work as they struggle with long COVID.
Aug 26, 2022
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have released results from Australia's first government-backed pill testing service, including finding methamphetamine that was actually sugar.
Aug 25, 2022
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American drugmaker Pfizer is close to a deal to purchase Global Blood Therapeutics, which manufactures a recently approved drug against sickle-cell anemia, for $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Aug 7, 2022
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In 2018, Statistics Canada reported that nearly one in three Canadians were obese. Similar figures have been reported in Australia, but more concerning is the United States, where more than 40% of the population is obese.
Jul 28, 2022
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