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Here’s how your body might respond when you turn your clock back an hour on Saturday night.
Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s what to watch out for.
It’s difficult to predict what this year’s flu season is going to be like. But it’s a good time to start thinking about vaccination.
A health insurance alliance proved to lower costs for individuals and employers.
Reassurance scans are marketed as a way to ‘give you peace of mind’ about your baby’s development. But often those doing the scans aren’t actually sonographers.
A new review has found a lack of convincing evidence stem cell injections are helpful for knee osteoarthritis. But there are ways to manage this painful condition.
LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.
This is unacceptably high and we need targeted solutions.
The pioneering US health reformer and breakfast cereal inventor introduced plant-based meat substitutes to the public.
Do you get a throbbing pain on both sides of your head after strenuous exercise? Here’s what might be happening.
Retailers have a three-month grace period to sell any old stock already in their stores. Here’s what’s behind these changes – and what needs to happen next.
The culprit behind the recalls is ‘shiga-toxin-producing E. coli’. What do you need to know about this bacterium?
White snus is gaining popularity fast, but its long-term health effects are still unknown
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
Measles is on the rise globally. We need to step up vaccination rates.
Infection with Australian bat lyssavirus is serious but extraordinarily rare, and there are effective treatments. So there’s no need to panic.
The cap on Medicare subsidised psychology sessions rose to 20 during COVID. But there are better ways to achieve the program’s aims.
A BBC investigation questioned the accuracy of rapid PSA home tests for prostate health.
Enemas are medical procedures, not a form of self-care.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
