Everyday health

Nearly 25 million women have epilepsy around the world but they need to be treated differently to men, writes Lata Vadlamudi for the Conversation.

A First Nations child born in Australia today can expect to live eight to nine years less than a non-Indigenous child born on the same day, writes Danielle Harrop for the Conversation.

Professor Lauren Ball pays tribute to the late Michael Mosely via the Conversation.

Australia has often been called the “allergy capital of the world,” Associate Professor Jennifer Coplin writes for the Conversation.

For many Australians the emergency department (ED) is the physical and emblematic front door to accessing urgent health-care services but the ED is expanding into new telehealth models to improve access to emergency medical care, Dr Jaimon Kelly writes for the Conversation.

Last week’s federal budget committed A$12.5 million over four years to deliver tampons, pads and other period care products to people who menstruate in rural and remote Indigenous communities.

Faculty of Medicine researchers discuss sleep wrinkles via the Conversation.

The Australian government is currently considering a bill to implement the next stage of reforms to vaping regulation.

Professor Lauren Ball from the School of Public Health writes about the properties of beetroot for The Conversation.

Professor Lauren Ball from the School of Public Health discusses the pros and cons of weight loss drugs like Ozempic