A GP reflects on the lessons of Eric Schlosser’s ‘muckraking’ classic. A necessary health check on the world we’ve built, it urges us all to take back our agency.
- General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
A former head of the US Food and Drug Administration cut his body fat in half using GLP-1 drugs. In his book, he compares the harm of the food and tobacco industries.
There are a number of reasons people are ‘microdosing’ weight-loss drugs. But here’s what to consider before you try it.
Recent government funding for women’s health included millions to expand trials of pharmacists prescribing the oral contraceptive pill. What do the experts think?
The Australian College of Nursing wants to see school nurses weigh students and measure their hight. The plan has sparked anger among health professionals and parents. But what do the experts say?
Você acorda com dor de garganta e percebe que está doente. Será que vai ser uma doença de dois dias ou de duas semanas? Veja a seguir como diferenciar essas infecções comuns.
You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Here’s how to tell the difference between these common infections.
Johann Hari’s book opens a deeper conversation about the pros and cons of injectable weight-loss drugs – including whether we really want to trade the pleasure we get from food for losing weight.
O peso volta quando você para de tomar medicamentos como o Ozempic? Esses medicamentos são simplesmente outra forma (cara) de dieta ioiô? Aqui está o que sabemos até agora.
Does weight come back when you stop taking drugs like Ozempic? Are these medications simply another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting? Here’s what we know so far.
You’ve probably heard of the drug semaglutide or Ozempic, the diabetes medication being used for weight loss. So what are the risks and benefits? And who should have access to it?
A good doctor can help you work out when tiredness has crossed over into true fatigue.
Fatigue can drag for weeks, even when the infection is gone, and sleep doesn’t fix it. But there are simple steps you can take to ride it out.
Some people who have had COVID are still coughing weeks, months and even a year after being infected with COVID. So why do coughs linger when you’re no longer infectious?
Whether you’ve tested positive on a PCR or a rapid antigen test, here are a GP’s tips of how to manage your condition.
Doctors don’t ‘check you for everything’, but are guided by what you personally would benefit from, based on your age and individual history.
As a GP, bad headaches are among the most common topics I’m asked about. Here’s how you can assess whether to stay home, see a doctor — or head straight to emergency.
As international borders open, restrictions ease and we mingle with others, we can expect more germs to circulate.
COVID infections are rising among children. Here’s how parents and schools can best protect kids right now.
What do you need to weigh up when working out whether to get the AstraZeneca vaccine? Here’s what the evidence says.
It’s still reasonably easy to catch a cold even during lockdown.
Australians over 50 can get their AstraZeneca vaccine from a GP clinic from today. Here’s what you need to know when you book yourself in.
Many people are unsure if their condition qualifies as an underlying medical condition. They may not realise they’re already eligible for the COVID vaccine.
Side effects generally indicate a natural immune response and will resolve in a few days.
From today, around 1,000 clinics around the country can begin vaccinating eligible Australians.
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