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Despite a few controversies, Mosley is recognised as making scientific information accessible in a way that has advanced public health.
The new Community Pharmacy Agreement highlights the power of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. No other part of the health-care system has seen such an increase in funding support.
The ACT is allowing nurse practitioners to assess people’s eligibility for voluntary assisted dying. But the latest law is unique in other ways.
Could mRNA vaccines be the next big thing for melanoma?
The last significant outbreak happened in 2022.
Many people who survived the catastrophic landslide in PNG are likely to be facing serious injuries and illness, with warnings of a significant risk of disease outbreaks in the country.
If men don’t understand or respect consent, this is likely to do with broader societal issues, rather than a lack of knowledge.
The so-called ‘FLiRT’ variants are dominant in the US and appear to be gaining traction in Australia. Here’s the information we have so far.
Contact tracing didn’t identify any cases beyond this child. While the risk to the public is very low, the global situation with bird flu is precarious.
People who menstruate in rural and remote Indigenous communities face a unique set of challenges, and have a particular need for better access to period products.
We don’t know much about the nature of this large-scale ransomware attack. But it’s not entirely surprising – health data is a prime target for cybercrime.
Here are some cheaper, healthy alternatives to olive oil.
Expanding the places people can get a flu vaccine could help.
Although surgery is common for ACL injuries, research has shown it may not be needed in every case. Some people who have ruptured their ACL fare well with only a rehabilitation program.
This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
Children with childhood dementia progressively lose all previously acquired skills and abilities, such as talking, walking, learning, remembering and reasoning.
With so many people grieving, the notion of doing so in public was seen as tasteless and vulgar. Funerals became smaller, people put on a brave face in public and fewer people wore black.
Musk has recommended people experiencing severe neck and back pain should consider disc replacement surgery. Here’s what the research says.
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