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January 28, 2019

How renting could affect your health

Amy Clair, University of Essex and Amanda Hughes, University of Bristol

Housing policy needs to prioritise housing’s function as a home, rather than an asset.

The case raises important issues about the consistency of regulations that apply across the food-medicine interface. Chuck Grimmett

May 21, 2013

Regulations around food-medicine products fail to protect consumers

Ken Harvey, La Trobe University and Melanie Voevodin, Monash University

It seems there’s no end to the production line of so-called “therapeutic” products promoted to trusting consumers by companies willing to make untested claims. The latest is Souvenaid®, a product promoted…

Recent consultations found continued inaction on regulatory matters means the community has lost trust in the TGA. Pharmacare Laboratories' website

October 30, 2012

Kids Smart’s dumb ads: consumers complain of misleading claims

Ken Harvey, La Trobe University

Pharmacare Laboratories is facing a new complaint about its Kids Smart homeopathic medicines amid concerns parents who use the products may delay seeking medical treatment. The complaint – lodged by a…

Nurofen was criticised for claiming its products “target” different sites of pain. samcatchsides.com/flickr

August 10, 2012

TGA failure gives Nurofen consumers a headache

Ken Harvey, La Trobe University

In 2010, the promotion of the Nurofen range of products “targeting” migraine, back pain, tension headache and period pain was awarded a CHOICE shonky award. This was because all these products contained…

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