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Ritalin is the most common brand name for methylphenidate, a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Every day, more discount pharmacy stores and chains are opening and assaulting health-care consumers with the “we are cheaper” message.
Stroke kills more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer, yet you’re unlikely to read much about this condition.
People having a mini stroke can experience a variety of symptoms. The most important are weakness on one side affecting the face, arm or leg – or all three – or speech disturbance.
Our recent audit of success rates provided on the websites of IVF clinics’ in Australia and New Zealand identified some common traps in the way these figures are presented.
The fact we are almost totally unaware of this elegant reflex is evidence of the superb, undercover work the balance system does for us.
Medical students are using virtual reality to help them learn anatomy. But is it the game changing technology some people say it is?
Although a drug of known safety and efficacy is available, scabies still affects more than 100 million people across the world.
It’s no wonder people are confused about whether it’s good to eat cheese, when even food experts are divided.
A new report recognises that no two Indigenous suicides are identical, then skilfully identifies common themes for informing responses that have the potential to save lives.
In Australia, there is no system in place to support people returning to work after cancer treatment – or to provide advice to their employers on how to help them.
While most people might think age only affects female fertility, there is growing evidence sperm quality decreases as men age.
In pregnancy, immune cells help the uterus tolerate and nurture the embryo despite it carrying foreign genes from the father. In most women, suppressing immunity will likely cause more harm than good.
Postage-stamp sized patches that target vaccines to the immune system are now in clinical trials.
Junior doctors are often blamed when things go wrong in hospital. But are we placing too many demands on them?
After almost four-and-a half decades and from modest beginnings, the Dunedin study has evolved into one of the most significant long-term tracking studies in the world.
Research has found people with relationship experience, all else being equal, tend to be more romantically desirable than people without relationship experience.
An important indication of a humane society is how we treat our vulnerable. It is hard to think of anyone more vulnerable than an aged person in jail.
HIV diagnosis is devastating for patients and their families. But the infection is no longer a death sentence, and should not be prosecuted as such say experts.
There’s no evidence that the increase in children committing sexual offences is because they watch online porn.
The law should allow greater communication between health professionals, families and carers even if this impacts on patients’ rights of confidentiality.
A stitch will usually ease if you stop or reduce the intensity of the activity.
Our immune system protects us but when it comes to some mosquito-borne disease, it can work against us. What are the implications for the development of a Zika virus vaccine?
While some respectable organisations have lists of recommended apps, very few of these apps are supported by experimental evidence.