Dual sensory loss means loss of sight or hearing where one sense can’t compensate for the loss of the other. It can happen at any age but the risk increases with age.
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When we mapped where Indigenous Australians are using a program to access free or discounted medicines, we found huge variation around the country. Here’s why that’s a problem.
The release of a parliamentary committee’s report on diabetes has again highlighted the need to improve Australians’ diets.
Governments must consider a range of short- and longer-term solutions to this problem.
Women may be classed as high or low risk, and screened differently. But the path forward is not clear cut.
Our body fiercely protects the brain by holding onto things that help it and keeping harmful things out, such as toxins and bugs that can cause infection.
Historical housing discrimination in Detroit persists today and causes disparities in health outcomes. Policies are making a difference, but more needs to be done.
A set of papers published in Nature contain groundbreaking research into how even quick jaunts to space can affect an astronaut’s health.
Crowd accidents, particularly at religious mass gatherings in developing countries, are becoming a more common cause of premature death worldwide.
If you’re traveling to a tropical destination to escape the Australian winter, make sure to take steps to protect yourself from mosquito-borne disease such as dengue.
In the majority of cases, medications help patients. But even when treatment of individual illnesses is effective, treatment as a whole can become problematic.
Medicare encourages providers to deliver more services, not to deliver good quality care. Here’s why that needs to change.
All manifestos lack the kind of preventive mental health strategy that will stem the rising tide of mental illness.
An unintentional consequence of NDIS supports has been an emphasis on clinical settings. But children with autism are served better by naturalistic supports.
NZ’s teachers say they want to help students but they can’t do it all. And many feel like they are being stretched to support their students’ mental and physical health well in the classroom.
Some people weigh themselves daily, while others have ditched scales altogether. So what does the evidence say?
Here are some options and what they mean for the health of tradies who cut and install them.
Several Australians have been hospitalised after consuming ‘mushroom gummies’. This highlights the challenges of regulating products that fall somewhere between a food and a medicine.
Your estimated due date isn’t always accurate but can impact the care you receive.
Many residents in Australia’s aged care homes are not receiving the level of care they need and are entitled to, a new analysis has found.
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