Diabetes drugs hoarded in cities
Australia is failing to ensure that new-generation drugs that could help prevent a devastating tide of diabetes complications are made available to the sickest in the country.
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Vape ban on track to clear first hurdle
Legislation for a world-first ban on disposable vapes is set to pass federal parliament’s lower house within weeks as public health bodies urge politicians to heed their warnings on what they say are the catastrophic health dangers of e-cigarettes.
‘Billions needed now’ to fix hospitals crisis
Public hospitals need an immediate $4.67bn ‘recovery plan’ to stop people dying while waiting for care in overloaded emergency departments and on elective surgery waiting lists.
Pandemic ‘most probably’ a lab leak
A lab leak that sparked the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘equally or more probable’ than a natural original theory, according to one of Australia’s strongest medical supporters of pandemic lockdowns.
Vapes crackdown ‘to ignite black market’
Australia faces an insurmountable challenge in its vaping policy, with organised crime controlling a vast illicit market as fears mount that prohibition will further fuel the black trade.
The vape ban has utterly failed. What now?
Vaping rates have exploded, organised crime controls the trade, and Australia stands on the brink of a public health disaster. Is it time we followed New Zealand’s lead?
Puberty blockers under fresh scrutiny with NHS ban
Australia’s children’s hospitals are increasingly being left as international outliers as Britain’s NHS moves to ban the routine prescription of puberty blockers in trans children.
Cardio vs weights: Do you have to do both?
It’s a question that confuses many devotees of strength training who watch their heart rate climb during weightlifting: if my heart rate is hitting the aerobic zone, do I really need to do cardio at all?
Patients despair amid price war over ‘radical’ cancer therapy
Australia risks ‘being pushed to the back of the queue’ of countries in gaining access to a revolutionary cancer treatment that can put those facing imminent death into remission.
How to dance your way out of depression
The evidence is now indisputable that physical activity, such as running, strength training and dancing, has an enormous impact upon mental health.
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