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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.
Hunger is setting in for Alone Australia contestants. Here’s what’s going on in the body and the mind.
A new review shows bed rest is unlikely to help your back pain. The treatments that work can depend on how long your pain has lasted.
A new modelling study has sought to find out what impact recent foreign aid cuts – particularly from the US – will have on HIV. Here’s what the researchers found.
60-day scrips can mean fewer trips to the pharmacist and lower costs. But only one in five eligible scripts are for a 60-day supply. Here’s what’s going wrong.
Eating yoghurt may help protect against bowel cancer by modifying the natural bacteria that live in the gut.
From ‘hot potato voice’ to ‘milky leg syndrome’, hundreds of medical conditions are named after food.
Primary prevention is aimed at addressing the underlying drivers of violence so it never occurs. But many interventions also aim to reduce and respond to violence.
Australians will save on the costs of scripts and on GP visits. But the budget doesn’t start the reforms needed to secure the health system’s long-term future.
Men wait an average of 21 years before telling anyone they were sexually abused. A new study looks at why men often don’t disclose sexual abuse and assaults.
Up to 50% of computer users face symptoms of digital eye strain. This condition isn’t just a matter of discomfort, it can significantly affect your quality of life.
A big freckle or a sunspot? A flat mole or a dark freckle? Here’s how to tell the difference between the three – and when to get a spot checked for skin cancer.
A staggering rise in the prevalence of many medical conditions and the cultural attention we pay them is the subject of a new book, The Age of Diagnosis.
A fundamental shake-up of how we screen women for breast cancer could save more lives from the disease. Here are some options of how this could look.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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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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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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
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Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
