Less mature schoolkids misdiagnosed with ADHD, researchers suggest
A child's birth date is a powerful predictor of whether they will be medicated for ADHD, suggesting we may be overdiagnosing and over treating children.
Kate Aubusson is a journalist with Fairfax Media
A child's birth date is a powerful predictor of whether they will be medicated for ADHD, suggesting we may be overdiagnosing and over treating children.
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Patient advocacy groups should be forced to declare their commercial funding, experts say.
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Nepean Hospital issued a stern statement emphatically stating no ambulances were diverted its ED on Monday when the hospital struggled to cope with its huge patient load.
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Australia's voluntary euthanasia debate has been mired in smear campaigns, misinformation and manipulation, a leading euthanasia expert has warned.
As Sydney comes up for air after enduring its first heatwave of 2017, the true extent of the negative health effects caused by soaring temperatures won't be known for some time, health experts say.
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