Why we're wasting money on medical tests and how behavioural insights can help

Mar 13, 2017 04:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Economy

In 2013 and 2014, more than 314,000 CT scans of the lower back were ordered in Australia, most of which showed no abnormalities. In routine cases of low back pain, X-rays and CT scans provide no meaningful information to...

Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?

Mar 10, 2017 03:24 am UTC| Health Law

This week the federal government granted its first license for an Australian company to grow and harvest medical marijuana. This follows Australias amending of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 to legalise the production and...

How hepatitis became a hidden epidemic in Africa

Mar 10, 2017 03:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The five strains of viral hepatitis (A, B, C, D and E) affect 400 million people around the world. Hepatitis B and C are the most deadly; these infections are blood borne, transmitted mainly through unsafe medical...

Brain scans reveal why it is so difficult to recover from OCD – and hint at ways forward

Mar 08, 2017 09:14 am UTC| Health

We often refer to people who are extremely neat or organised as a bit OCD. But the reality of living with obsessive compulsive disorder is a very different and serious matter. People with the brain disorder struggle...

Magnesium could offer fresh hope to tinnitus sufferers

Mar 08, 2017 08:07 am UTC| Health

You may be familiar with the experience of a ringing sensation in your ears after a night out enjoying some good music. Perhaps youve never given it a second thought as the sound normally disappears on its own. But what if...

WHO: Pollution Caused 1/4 Of Children’s Death; EPA Just Condemned More To Early Grave

Mar 08, 2017 07:39 am UTC| Nature Health

Scientists have been warning the world that climate change and environmental pollution is going to cause massive casualties in the future. It would seem that this prediction came true much too soon as the World Health...

Blurred lines: building winning athletes in sport or just plain bullying?

Mar 08, 2017 05:24 am UTC| Sports Health

Bullying can take place in all manner of settings, from the school yard to the boardroom. Recently there has been an increase in allegations associated with sport, particularly around athletes competing at the highest...