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Medicinal cannabis scripts are rising and reports of side effects are likely an underestimate. Here’s what we know about the risks.
Migrants with dementia who’ve acquired English later in life may revert to their childhood language – and many rely on family members to interpret.
An emergency medical plan, labeling an inhaler, and learning how to use different medications can help children with asthma manage their symptoms.
Persistent indigestion isn’t always harmless. Here’s how to tell when it’s time to skip the pharmacy aisle and see your GP instead.
Art and music therapists can charge the National Disability Insurance Scheme the same as counsellors, after an independent review found they are effective.
Autism spectrum disorder is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition, with support needs often changing over time.
Australia is increasingly settling refugees with disability. New research points to intersecting issues that help and hinder how they fare when they get here.
Lying awake at night doesn’t necessarily mean you have insomnia. Here’s what it could be instead.
Here’s what you should know – and ask – if your doctor uses an AI scribe in your consultation.
This vaccine replaces previously listed pneumococcal shots, having been updated to offer better protection against the disease.
Around 41% of us have noisy knees. Here’s what we know about these clicks.
Almost three in four Australian children drank sugar drinks every day in 1995. Now, it’s just one in four.
From food trucks in Italy to jars on UK shelves: botulism is rare but deadly. Here’s what you need to know.
There’s not a lot of research on whether cutting down on caffeine makes our dreams more vivid. But that doesn’t mean we’re completely in the dark.
Food insecurity is widespread and shaped by disadvantage – and has serious health consequences.
Having this national agency will help protect us against bird flu, falling immunisation rates and health misinformation. It’s a landmark in public health.
The CDC’s current crisis has been building since Trump’s first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency’s newly appointed director.
Florida plans to scrap all vaccine mandates for school students, with the state’s governor describing them as ‘slavery’. Here’s what this could mean.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were recently caught discussing whether organ transplants could help a person live forever. The idea has scientific and ethical flaws.
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