Asbestos in mulch? Here’s the risk if you’ve been exposed
Mulch containing asbestos has now been found at 41 locations in New South Wales, including Sydney parks, schools, hospitals, a...
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Labour scaling back its £28 billion green pledge will impact UK housing – and public health
The UK Labour party has announced its intention to reduce its £28 billion green investment pledge to less than £15...
Why it’s a bad idea to mix alcohol with some medications
Anyone who has drunk alcohol will be familiar with how easily it can lower your social inhibitions and let you...
HILDA survey at a glance: 7 charts reveal we’re smoking less, taking more drugs and still binge drinking
Australians’ vices, including drinking, smoking and illicit drugs, have been revealed in the latest HILDA survey. The Household, Income and...
Heart attacks, cancer, dementia, premature deaths: 4 essential reads on the health effects driving EPA’s new fine particle air pollution standard
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new standard for protecting the public from fine particulate air pollution, known...
Youth drinking is declining – myths about the trend, busted
Alcohol consumption among younger generations has been declining for years. And with many pubs and cocktail bars now catering to...
Thirty years of rural health research: South Africa’s Agincourt studies offer unique insights
In 1992 a group of academics from the University of the Witwatersrand introduced a health and socio-demographic surveillance system in...
Stigma kills people with alcohol addiction
One of my patients, Emma (not her real name), recently told me that she didn’t seek help for her alcohol...
Completed Dry January? Reading fiction can help newly sober mothers decide what’s next
More people in the UK have gone dry this January than ever before, so drinking, not drinking, and navigating a...
Medicare turns 40: since 1984 our health needs have changed but the system hasn’t. 3 reforms to update it
Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank,...
