More than 500 Australians died in the Vietnam war and 3,000 were wounded, but the damage from Agent Orange was much more far-reaching, as Tim Fischer’s death last week reminded us.
- Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
The Australian Academy of Science has warned that sick, older, poor and isolated Australians are at most risk from the health impacts of climate effects such as drought, fires, floods and heatwaves.
There is no direct evidence that wind turbines affect physical or mental health, according to a review of the evidence by the National Health and Medicine Research Council (NHMRC). The review found no…
Prostate cancer screening could reduce deaths from the disease but it should not be routine, according to a study published today in the medical journal The Lancet. Evidence from the European Randomised…
Australia’s mortality rate for all cancers has dropped 28% in 20 years, new figures show, but progress has been slow in the fight against thyroid and pancreatic cancer, while the death rate from liver…
Taxpayers will be spending over $700m annually to treat Australia’s most common skin cancers by the year 2015, with over-65s making up the bulk of patients, a new study has found. Non-melanoma skin cancers…
Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is, to many of his patients, the “angel” who cuts where other surgeons fear to go. He feels strongly about the possibility that using mobile phones might increase the risk of brain…
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