Medicine leaflets are meant to keep us safe, but confusing language, poor design and endless side-effect lists often do the opposite.
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Ozempic-style drugs have been flagged as possible treatments for cancer, dementia, endo, addiction and more. An expert explains what the evidence really says.
The core features of autism can’t and don’t need to be altered. But medications can help manage autistic people’s physical and mental health conditions.
The US economy has always been a mix of government regulation and market forces. The balance between those has shifted over time, but never has one side or the other been substantively removed.
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs have been linked to kidney problems and cancer.
Cobra venom can cause tissue damage and life-changing injuries – but a cheap, common medication may be an antidote.
How exactly do anaesthetic drugs shut down the brain? We still don’t have a complete picture, but a new study just got us a step closer.
Lots of people report bruising easily. What do doctors look for to see if it might be caused by something serious?
Sweating is the normal way the body cools itself off. But waking up every night with sweat-drenched sheets is not – especially if you have other symptoms too.
College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of worse health, a researcher contends.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
There are lots of reasons someone might want to stop taking antidepressants, from a life change to wanting to take a break. But the process of tapering off medications needs to be carefully managed.
If you think your medicine may be contributing to overheating, it’s very important you keep taking your medicine. Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist or doctor.
Drinking alcohol with some medicine means they may not work so well. With others, you risk a life-threatening overdose.
There is a best time to take your medications, but your doctor may not know when that is. Researchers are still figuring it out, one drug at a time.
A new law will let Medicare bargain for the first time. But a health policy scholar explains why it’s unlikely to make much of a difference in how much seniors – or anyone else – pays for their meds.
Believe it or not, medication names are intended to be easy to remember and descriptive of the function they serve in the body.
From tablets and patches to ointments and infusions, the best way to deliver a drug is the one that gets the right amount to the right place.
Prescription opiods, stimulants such as those used to treat ADHD and the ingredients found in sexual dysfunction drugs like Viagra are some of the drugs that are being marketed to US consumers.
People who need the most health care – the poor and the chronically ill – miss out on care the most. But there are ways to reduce this inequity.
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Associate Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Political Science, McMaster University
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Pharmacy Lecturer, Griffith University
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Research fellow, Griffith University
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Research Professor and Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre, Adelaide University
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Professor of functional genomics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Mental Health, Griffith University