In the US and Sweden, there’s been a drop in the number of babies receiving the vitamin K injection. But Australia doesn’t collect national data.
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Exercise might be good for the body and mind, but it can also result in some bizarre ailments.
Lots of people report bruising easily. What do doctors look for to see if it might be caused by something serious?
Blood plays a vital role in keeping us alive, from delivering oxygen to the body’s organs to fighting off infections.
More than half of us will have a nose bleed at some point in our life, probably more than once. But why do they actually happen, and are they a cause for concern?
There are more than 30 different types of contraceptive pills. But brand names such as Microgynon, Levlen, Yaz and Brenda give little indication of the ingredients, dose or who should use them.
Women on the pill are able to manipulate or suppress their menstrual cycles to have fewer “periods”, or to avoid bleeding at important or inconvenient times.
MEDICAL HISTORIES - The final instalment in our short series discusses the evolution of evidence-based medicine. Like bleeding, doctors’ intuition was a central part of medical practice until it was categorically…
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Lecturer in History of Medicine/Life Science, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director of Clinical Studies, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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