Health Articles
We have searched our journals and the web to bring you articles that we think might be of interest to you.
If you are interested in any topic at all, please email us and we will try to find some updated research on it.
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Are you sitting down too much?
More sedentary time was positively associated with an increased risk of disease.
Medicines and Driving
Many over-the-counter (OTC) medicines including antihistamines for allergy, and prescription medicines such as opioid pain relievers and benzodiazepines (for anxiety or sleep disorders) come with warnings against the operation of machinery – including motor vehicles – for a specified period of time after use. This is because these medicines can impair driving and make traffic accidents much more likely.
Kidney Health
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health problem. Approximately 1 in 10 Australians over 18 years have evidence of CKD. In CKD, the kidneys slowly stop working over a period of months or years.
Teenagers and Alcohol - an unhealthy combination.
A survey by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) found that 90% of Australian secondary school students have tried alcohol by the age of 14.
Two thirds of cancer cases caused by "bad luck".
A John Hopkins Medicine study has shown that in 31 typical cancers, almost two thirds were due to "bad luck" gene mutations rather than genetics or environmental factors.
