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Many patients prefer single-gender hospital rooms. For women, this preference often comes from fear, while male patients are concerned with dignity.
After more than 700 submissions and evidence from 79 witnesses at three public hearings, the senate inquiry into ADHD diagnosis and treatment barriers has delivered its findings.
The COVID pandemic has exacerbated staff shortages in health care. We need to think about how we can better retain staff in this sector.
When we reach adulthood, protein requirements differ for men and women. But should you be eating more as you get older?
How you respond is critical to their health and wellbeing. Here’s what to say to support someone who self-harms.
Overdose deaths did go up in Oregon after drug decriminalisation, but they were already increasing, as they were in nearby states.
Could teenagers get on with older people and vice versa? Turned out, they could. And both flourished.
One treatment option for children’s trauma is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR. Here’s how it works and what the research says about its effectiveness.
As Australia heads into summer with an El Niño, it’s important understand and prepare for the health risks associated with extreme weather.
Currently, when someone turns 65 they are not eligible to apply for NDIS support, even if they had disability before then. We asked experts if that should change.
The first Australian Capital Territory voluntary assisted dying bill in more than 25 years was tabled in parliament yesterday. So what will MPs vote on? And how is it different to state legislation?
Ads for targeted fat loss, especially
for belly fat, are everywhere on social media. But is there any evidence to support this type of ‘spot reduction’?
Children experience grief much more commonly than most of us think. This is what they want to know.
If you’ve got hay fever, or asthma, or both, it’s important to make sure they’re well managed.
‘Fried rice syndrome’ refers to food poisoning from a bacterium called Bacillus Cereus, which becomes a risk when cooked food is left at room temperature for too long.
Over 20% of people diagnosed with brain cancer survive longer than five years. But the NDIS may not recognise their need for support to live, work, learn and play.
Eating too much salt is bad for our health. Governments and food manufacturers have a big role to play in reducing the salt content of Australians’ diets.
Fixating on sleep can make your sleep worse. But some people crave the connection online sleep communities provide.
Stimulants are first-line drugs for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. But how do they actually work?
Considered a pipe dream not too long ago, research on RNA therapeutics is progressing rapidly. Now a new manufacturing protocol will help researchers to advance the technology.
People with a lung condition are among those particularly vulnerable to bushfire smoke. But you can prepare for the season ahead.
The trigeminal nerve is at the heart of the sneeze reflex. But stopping a sneeze once triggered can increase its force and redirect pressure in dangerous ways.
You’ve tried everything to get some sleep, but nothing’s working. Here’s what not to do, and what works.
Sedentary lifestyles come with substantial health risks. But even small increases in our daily physical activity may go some way to mitigating these risks.