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The sweet science of honey: Exploring the health benefits

WEBHoney is a combination of nectar and bee regurgitation. It contains at least 181 components, including small amounts of vitamin C and carotenoids, making it one of …

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Improving the healthcare decision-making process – Monash Lens

WEBShared decision-making (SDM) is the process by which patients and clinicians come to a decision regarding the next steps in the patient’s care. It involves an …

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The next generation of implantable heart devices

WEBA research grant of $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund, announced by Federal Health Minister Mark Butler, will not only help to revolutionise …

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The science and pseudoscience of food allergy and intolerance …

WEBThe most common food allergy triggers are egg, cow’s milk (dairy), peanut, tree nuts, sesame, soy, wheat, fish and other seafood, although almost any food can …

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The significance of hope for shaping and motivating positive …

WEBScholars have long recognised the significance of hope for survival and motivating actions. Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, wrote about the power of hope in …

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Family planning: The importance of preconception health

WEBWe found that that primary care-based preconception care – including brief and intensive education, supplementary medication, and dietary modification – is …

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The need to transform healthcare education to address climate …

WEBThe urgent need to transform healthcare education to address climate change. Climate change represents the greatest threat to public health, yet Australia’s …

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Under the weather: How climate change is affecting human mortality

WEBProfessor Guo stresses that “in the long-term, climate change is expected to increase the mortality burden, because heat-related mortality will continue to increase”. …

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The urgent need to secure the future of the ‘post-pandemic child’

WEBThe urgent need to secure the future of the ‘post-pandemic child’. In 2028, it will be eight years since COVID-19 was first detected in Australia. Today’s post …

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Modernising Medicare: Making healthcare better for everyone

WEBMedicare serves to make healthcare accessible and affordable for the entire population. The impact this has had on people’s lives over the past 40 years is …

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Psychedelics, and the urgent quest for new mental health …

WEB00:00 / 29:42. Heading into 2022, Melbourne is again at the forefront of new mental health research. Monash University has embarked on cross-faculty psychedelic …

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LGBTQI, stigma and community barriers to healthcare

WEBIn its 2020 update, the National LGBTIQ Health Alliance said: “Although many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) Australians live healthy …

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Terminal lucidity: Why do loved ones with dementia sometimes …

WEBSince as early as the 19th century, stories from loved ones, caregivers and healthcare workers have described some people with dementia suddenly becoming …

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In rural and remote healthcare, investing in workforce isn’t enough

WEBWhen people talk about rural health, they often do so in deficit-based language. Much of this is because health outcome disparities across Australia’s …

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New flu vaccines on offer for 2024, What you need to know – …

WEBThere are eight brands of flu vaccines available in Australia in 2024. These include egg-based vaccines (Vaxigrip Tetra, Fluarix Tetra, Afluria Quad, FluQuadri and …

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All light on the night: Delving deeper into our fear of the dark

WEBIn extreme cases, a fear of the dark is a full-blown phobia called either nychtophobia or achluophobia, which are both creepy Ancient Greek names for a …

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Treating mental illness with psychedelics

WEBA Different Lens, episode 24. In the fight for better mental health services, support and outcomes for millions of people around the world, the data can no longer be …

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Listening to Indigenous voices on Aboriginal wellbeing – Monash …

WEBMental health and wellbeing: Listening to young Indigenous people in Narrm. Indigenous Australians prefer the term "social and emotional wellbeing" to …

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Cost-of-living pressures are taking a toll on Australians’ health

WEBFor the past few years, it’s been impossible to escape the impact of inflation. Meeting our most basic needs – such as food, housing and healthcare – now costs …

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Australian women still face obstacles when seeking abortion …

WEBIn July last year, following a Senate inquiry into universal access to reproductive healthcare, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) removed …

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