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Monday 6 Feb 2017
They include aversion to bowel cancer screening and what to do about dense breasted women's cancer risk.
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Which works best? Aspirin, other anti-inflammatories, or nutritional supplements?
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They don’t help much, it turns out. So what do you do instead?
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Regular preventer medication helps, even if symptoms aren't frequent.
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Monday 30 Jan 2017
A Melbourne anaesthetist has resigned as expert reviewer from six US medical journals in protest against Donald Trump's policies.
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How worried should we be about the rise in cases of strain W?
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Dense breasts are at higher risk of cancer but the dense tissue also makes cancers harder to spot. What to do?
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Pushing beyond the normal checkpoint - with or without drugs - may harm athletes' hearts.
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Monday 23 Jan 2017
It works, a new study shows
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Just how safe are anti-inflammatories for the heart?
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Measuring calcium in your arteries offers surprising insights.
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A 'knock-off' version of a blockbuster drug is set to slash patient costs.
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Monday 16 Jan 2017
Some parents experience extreme acts of kindness. Others don't.
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Monday 9 Jan 2017
Producer Joel Werner bleeds for the show.
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Sarah Culhane has a blood type named after her.
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How do you supply blood to a combat zone?
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A bond formed over blood transfusions.
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Monday 2 Jan 2017
Negotiating your first sexual experience in your teens can be hard at the best of times. But in South Africa, it's become a game of roulette.
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Monday 26 Dec 2016
Is wearing a fitness tracker the key to better health?
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Monday 19 Dec 2016
Ann Arnold delves into the world of chiropractors, and examines some of the more contested aspects of their work.
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Monday 12 Dec 2016
Looking on the bright side reduces your risk of dying from a wide range of health conditions.
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Exactly what following Australia's Dietary Guidelines does for your risk of obesity and high blood pressure has been analysed.
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Delirium, or sudden confusion, is common in older patients in palliative care. But drugs commonly used to treat it should be avoided, new research suggests.
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It's huge and wide-ranging but interventions can be affordable, a visiting professor says.
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Monday 5 Dec 2016
The Melbourne thunderstorm asthma tragedy is a clear illustration that asthma in the community is under-recognised and under-treated, an expert says.
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Two types of statin drugs, used to lower cholesterol, increase the risk of major bleeding if taken with the stroke prevention drug dabigatran.
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A world-first program in Western Australia has successfully lowered the rate of preterm birth across the entire state by 8 per cent.
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For the first time, there's a calculator that estimates upfront an individual couple's odds of ending up with a baby after multiple cycles of IVF.
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Monday 28 Nov 2016
Brown fat, your body's "central heating", appears to help regulate blood sugar.
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What's the relationship between body fat, body mass index (BMI), and mortality?
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One in four Major League baseball pitchers has a distinctive scar on the inside elbow of their pitching arm.
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Monday 21 Nov 2016
On average, 37 health workers die each year from drug overdoses, mostly obtained illegally through the workplace.
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It seems to, but the effect is small.
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Include memory loss, brittle bones, pain, poor sexual function, hot flushes, and baldness.
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Monday 14 Nov 2016
Neither juice nor capsules effective in treating urinary tract infection.
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For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
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A protein secreted by the parasites shows promise as a treatment for allergic asthma.
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Dr Allen Power argues against their use in treating dementia.
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Monday 7 Nov 2016
And perhaps distracting resources from more productive areas?
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Is there one?
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So effective it's been fast-tracked into clinical practice.
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Caution advised when prosecuting transmission of the disease.
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