How rivalries between doctors and pharmacists turned into the 'turf war' we see today
Sep 10, 2019 20:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Would you like to go to your local pharmacy and buy prescription medicines without seeing the doctor first? Or would you like to collect your prescription medicines at the local supermarket? These are some of the...
Six things to know about cancer: from suicidal cells to hair loss from chemotherapy
Sep 06, 2019 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
News of the discovery of herbal cancer treatments has always piqued peoples interest. Recently, the media in Indonesia extensively reported claims of a cancer cure made from a plant native to Borneo and the use of soursop...
Working the system: 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us
Sep 06, 2019 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Many of the chronic and costly diseases Australians face are related to how we live in cities. The speed of modern life clashes with poorly designed urban areas. As a result, health-promoting activities, such as regular...
How poor diet can can lead to blindness
Sep 02, 2019 23:18 pm UTC| Health
A poor diet of chips and crisps caused a teenage boy in England to become blind. The boy lets call him Jasper first visited his family GP complaining of tiredness when he was 14 years old. Tests showed he was anaemic...
Leave the patchwork to the quilts: The case for pharmacare
Aug 26, 2019 04:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
On August 15, 2019, more than 1,200 academics, including me, with expertise in health care signed a letter to the leaders of Canadas federal political parties. The letter called on them to commit to a national pharmacare...
How many people have eating disorders? We don't really know, and that's a worry
Aug 19, 2019 01:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Last week, federal health minister Greg Hunt announced that more than 60,000 Australians will be asked about their mental health and well-being as part of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Study. The mental...
Supermarkets put junk food on special twice as often as healthy food, and that's a problem
Aug 16, 2019 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Half-price chips, two for one chocolates, buy one get one free soft drinks: Australian supermarkets make it very easy for us to fill our trolleys with junk food. Add in the bonus of an Ooshie or a Little Shop...
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