- Lecturer - Women's Health; Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Just because a therapy works in a hospital doesn’t mean in works in a wellness clinic, or is even safe.
Cannabis para fins religiosos, cocaína no vinho e heroína para tosse. Essas são apenas algumas das maneiras pelas quais as drogas ilícitas foram usadas ao longo da história.
Cannabis for religious purposes, cocaine in wine and heroin for coughs. These are just some of the ways illicit drugs have been used throughout history.
Many peoples throughout history used the warmth of the Sun to heal. Others used lamps or light split into different colours, which we still use today.
El insomnio es una tortura, literalmente, y dormir lo suficiente una obsesión moderna. He aquí por qué.
Insomnia is torture, literally, and getting enough sleep a modern obsession. Here’s why.
Each of these five drugs have brought some incredible benefits. But they’ve usually also come with a legacy of complications.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others all had their own cures for the Spanish flu. But some of these may have made things worse.
Every time you pop an aspirin, thank the German chemist Hoffmann and not Hippocrates.
From vibrators for ‘hysteria’ to vibrating belts for weightloss. How we’ve been fascinated with shaking ourselves to health.
The ‘turf war’ between doctors and pharmacists we see in current debates has a long history.
It’s shocking to read reports of people who worked as doctors for years without having the qualifications to do so, because we trust our medical professionals. So, how do these imposters do it?











