Life after the pill: why it feels like no one understands
The belief, popularised on social media, that the pill is to blame for all our health woes is seeing women shun it in record numbers – but life on the other side can be a shock.
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Mental health patients languish in ED
Sydney hospital issues directive that bureaucrats undertake initial assessments of mental health patients rather than psychiatrists as resignations take effect.
Cattle gallstones, worth twice as much as gold, drive a global smuggling frenzy
A prized ingredient in China’s $60 billion traditional medicine industry, gallstones have become the must-have item among underground traders and slaughterhouse workers in Brazil and Australia who pilfer the stones while on the job.
When it comes to fluoride, let’s do what’s best for children
The debate over water fluoridation has again come to the surface. But who should have the final say over what’s best for our children?
Is your heart at risk from fatty muscles?
A new study has highlighted the dangers of fat buried deep within our muscles. This exercise plan will help to reduce intermuscular fat and build power.
The silent effect of menopause many women are unaware of
In the years around menopause women will experience the most rapid natural loss of bone mass in their lives. It makes good bone health essential, and there are things you can do.
AMA calls for urgent action to resolve medicine supply crisis
There are more than 400 medicine shortages, and the country’s leading medical group blames it on ‘ad hoc’ governmental solutions.
D-day for mental health as private sector steps in
Hospitals across NSW are now stripped of scores of psychiatrists as mass resignations take effect and the state government moves to active crisis footing on mental health.
This is a sickening, inexorable slide over a cliff …
Public health systems have become a heartless, bureaucratic, mechanistic force that damages doctors and patients in its wake, a tragic phenomenon writ large in the NSW psychiatry dispute.
Noodles and veggies for a wholesome satay salad
Try tempeh for a vegetarian option, or substitute chicken if you prefer, for this flavoursome fusion.
What I tell my patients about acne
Many acne sufferers spend thousands of dollars on treatments before they arrive at a dermatologist’s office. So what can you expect from a skin specialist?
Mass psychiatrist resignations hit multitude of patients
Psychiatrists serve patients in public hospitals across the gamut of conditions from surgery to transplants to palliative care – all are about to be hit by the NSW mental health system crisis.
Father rides ‘to the Moon and Back’ fighting son’s epilepsy
Will has one of the rarest forms of childhood epilepsy, caught with a mixture of luck and ‘parental instinct’. It will take a trip to the Moon and Back to help him.
How much extra would you pay for the privilege of eating meat?
In Denmark, where the average person consumes about 93kg of meat a year, convincing people to eat less meat is no mean feat. This is how the government has taken action.
Expectant mums offered free RSV jab to protect babies
The immunity protection program for pregnant women will start from February 3 and is aimed at protecting newborns from the life-threatening virus until they are six months old.
Why you’re so tired all the time – it may not be lack of sleep
From too much exercise to not enough vitamin D, the experts tell us why we’re feeling sluggish, and how to fix it.
Researchers find clue to how smoke causes disease
Untreatable side-effects of smoking are on the agenda of Australian researchers who uncovered the body’s internal reaction to 30,000 chemicals the immune system combats in cigarettes.
Queensland’s cosmetic injectables industry in panic
Nurse-led cosmetic businesses in Queensland are trying to understand if their entire business model is illegal.
They were told their baby would die before she turned three. How did she defy the odds?
Diagnosed with a life limiting illness at five months, doctors told Jess Schonberger’s parents their first-born would not see her third birthday. What happened next has astounded everyone.
Nation’s mental health patients’ message to minister: ‘Pull your head in’
The nation’s most vulnerable mental health patients demand psychiatrists be looked after as a charity boss urges system change.
Make America ageless: Trump’s health picks take longevity movement mainstream
Anti-ageing scientists and entrepreneurs hope the second Trump administration will make it easier to develop treatments to expand a once-fringe industry now edging into the mainstream.
‘I couldn’t get out of my house’: Aunty Bev lost 118kg and regained her health
When Bev Donovan lost her mother she fell into a depressive spiral that saw her reach a weight of 185kg and risk heart failure. Her journey home brought her back to good health.
From chocolate to cheese: 33 delicious foods to eat every week
This list is not about diets or food fads. Just some wonderful and worthwhile things to put on your plate.
New mums face mental health ‘disaster’
Mother and baby mental health units are already refusing intakes as the NSW doctors’ dispute begins to hit patients and fears the shut-down of critically under-resourced services will be catastrophic rise.
Mental health bed closures for new mums a ‘national disaster’
The closure of beds in perinatal mother and baby mental health units holds potentially catastrophic risks.
Princess Catherine is in remission. Understanding what that means is complicated
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is in remission. We talk to an oncologist about what that means and how long it lasts
This Olympian’s BMI said she was overweight. Is it time for an obesity diagnosis overhaul?
Over-reliance on the Body Mass Index has sparked a push supported by 75 medical organisations to back a Global Commission to overhaul obesity diagnosis and classification.
Lessons from paradise: how to make the most of this one glorious life
It’s a health Mecca that has attracted Hollywood stars, retired soldiers and ordinary people seeking a better lifestyle. What are Byron Bay’s secrets to longevity?
Drinking risks are real – women should know them
While there are many factors associated with breast cancer – diet, lifestyle, genetic risks – alcohol is a risk factor that can be changed. Women can choose to drink less to protect themselves.
Depression risk lurks in the genes
Researchers say it’s now beyond doubt that depression has a biological basis as well as being the result of circumstance as the world’s largest study into the genetics of the condition identifies almost 700 genes associated with risk.
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