New tests may mean more people are diagnosed, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be helped by the label or the treatment. Here are five markers that overdiagnosis may be occuring.
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Clinical guidelines have a big impact on the care you receive and the drugs you’re prescribed. But one in five doctors who write these guidelines have undisclosed ties to drug companies.
While we move soap around, it lifts up invisible oil that holds germs onto your hand.
Medication and talking therapies are key to treating depression but eating a range of nutritious foods can also play a role in boosting our mood.
Migrants are no more at risk of drowning than Australian-born swimmers but you’d never know from media reports.
Simply closing your eyes will protect your eyes from sunlight. But looking straight at it can cause serious damage.
Most people assume drugs are illegal because they are dangerous, but the reasons aren’t related to their relative risk or harm.
Who is a child’s legal parent? The question is at the heart of a case due before the High Court this year. It may have implications for children born via IVF or surrogacy, and the people who raise them.
People who bloat don’t produce more abdominal gas than others but they might have problems getting rid of it.
Here are some tips to beat the bite of these bloodsuckers for as long as possible.
Five out of five experts agree running during pregnancy is OK.
We’ve had the measles vaccine in Australia since 1968, but a two-dose program was only introduced in 1992. And if you haven’t had the second dose, you’re at risk of contracting measles.
While the KonMari method will help many people declutter their houses and reassess what they really need, for people with clinical hoarding disorder the process is much more complicated.
Illicit drugs can be dangerous. Read this before you use so you know what to look out for.
Eradicating a virus from the community requires everyone to have access to prevention, as is the case with tuberculosis. So why not HIV?
Every summer we hear of more deaths from drugs at festivals. But MDMA was originally a medicine, so how can it kill users?
Around 35% of Australians have tried marijuana at some point in their life, and 11% have tried ecstasy. Most people who try drugs do so for a short period in their lives – mostly in their 20s.
The rise in obesity parallels the increase in bowel cancer. Highly processed foods and alcohol could also play a role.
Clutter can make us feel stressed, anxious and depressed. It can also impact our ability to process information and connect with people. Here’s why.
We commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1, but victims of a more deadly threat are rarely remembered. Let’s change that.
Are you a meticulous lunch planner, or do you decide what’s for lunch after those first pangs of hunger strike after midday? If you’re in the second camp, it might be time to change.
By the time the aged care royal commission’s recommendations lead to improvements in our nursing homes, four cohorts of residents will have died. Here’s why.
We need to change how we produce, ship, eat and waste food to improve our health and that of the planet.
Your tongue, saliva and nose work together to help you taste your food.
Monkey dust is in the “bath salts” family. Here’s what that means.