A type of irregular heartbeat is common over the festive season. Here’s what you need to know if you’ve had a few drinks.
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For some, the current peak of the wave has passed. For others, it’s more a slow rise in cases. Here’s what we can expect as the festive season approaches.
While Santa’s appearance may be synonymous with the season of goodwill, it doesn’t suggest he’s in the best of health.
The heightened relaxation of a hypnotic state can be similar to meditation or an athlete’s ‘flow’.
Most people who record their medical appointments do so to help them understand and remember medical information.
Omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in oily fish like sardines and mackerel, offer considerable promise in cancer prevention. Other classes of marine lipids hold potential for therapeutic innovation.
The festive season can evoke feelings of loss or sadness, especially when holiday messaging focuses on being together.
A series of vaccines offered during high school protect teenagers against certain diseases, and help reduce the spread of these diseases in the community.
The debate over adding fluoride to drinking water is almost as old as the practice itself.
Some studies say menopause hormone therapy increases the risk of dementia, while others say it reduces it. Here’s how to make sense of the conflicting results.
Mindfulness – meant to support health and detachment – is becoming a tool to support the corporate bottom line.
There has been an enormous amount of misinformation about Bovaer, with concerns it could make its way to humans via milk or beef. Here’s what the science says.
Emergency, public health and climate action plans rarely mention deliberately lit fires and how to prevent them. And there are few services for offenders to stop them lighting fires again.
It’s not the same as pain tolerance, which measures how much pain someone can endure before they require relief.
A new payment system requires wealthier people to contribute more for non-clinical services. Here’s what it means for Australians planning for in-home or residential aged care.
But with a little preparation, you can make your next summer barbecue or picnic memorable for all the right reasons.
A rash may develop on your skin even if you’re not allergic to grass.
Four in five children with ADHD are prescribed medication. The most common side-effect is lack of appetite and weight loss. Here’s how parents can manage this.
The test involves taking a swab from the vagina, but otherwise is not dissimilar to a COVID test.
It’s probably less than you expect.
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