Efforts by the tobacco company Philip Morris to claim hefty compensation for Australia’s plain packaging laws under secretive legal processes should alarm those with a concern for publ... Read more
Australia’s health sector is worryingly under-prepared to respond to the consequences of a projected increase in extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. That is the thrust of a handful of... Read more
The PR and marketing strategies of the junk food and drink industries bring a whole new level of meaning to the adage that truth is stranger than fiction. If you were writing a farce, it wou... Read more
Population health researcher Dr Ann Larson has been investigating an increase in births to teenage mothers in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia. She suggests in the article below... Read more
Dr Lisa Schubert, a lecturer in nutrition in the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland, has been active on social media this week, sharing the news and community views... Read more
The media spotlight has been on the issue of female genital mutilation in the wake of recent arrests in NSW and Federal Government ambitions to eliminate the practice. While there are many p... Read more
Michelle Culhane-Hughes writes: Last week JAMA Dermatology published an interesting study into the accuracy of smart phone applications in diagnosing melanoma: Diagnostic Inaccuracy of Smart... Read more
(Update: This post has been corrected due to my mistaken interpretation of Google Scholar search results – thanks to Deborah Lupton for the alert) A Google Scholar search for academic... Read more
According to the the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey 25.3% of children aged 5 – 17 years and 63% of adults are overweight or obese. Now it would appear that Coca-Cola believes it may be pa... Read more
Many thanks to Dr Karen Price for reviewing 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People. By Dr Susan Weinschenk I bought this book on Kindle for the specific presentation... Read more
