Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card

Jan 23, 2019 12:56 pm UTC| Health Law

Australia aims to virtually eliminate HIV transmission by 2022, according to the health ministers new national HIV strategy. This ambitious goal has been made possible by biomedical HIV prevention, a new and highly...

How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet

Jan 20, 2019 09:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

If were serious about feeding the worlds growing population healthy food, and not ruining the planet, we need to get used to a new style of eating. This includes cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50%,...

Exercise can fast-track your workplace well-being - here's how

Jan 20, 2019 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Exercise has been found to reduce stress, increase positive mood, decrease anxiety and alleviate depression. But you may not know that the emotional well-being associated with exercise is also linked to key attributes that...

Gillette ad isn't anti-men, it's anti-toxic masculinity – and this should be welcomed

Jan 20, 2019 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Gillettes new ad The best men can be, which plays on the razor brands long-held motto, The best a man can get is powerful and emotional, a carefully-spun narrative about the role models young boys see in their daily...

Rationality: research shows we’re not as stupid as we have been led to believe

Jan 20, 2019 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Suppose you toss a coin and get four heads in a row what do you think will come up on the fifth toss? Many of us have a gut feeling that a tails is due. This feeling, called the Gamblers Fallacy, can be seen in action at...

Digital detoxes are a solution looking for a problem

Jan 20, 2019 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

With New Years resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use or even give it up altogether. The growing popularity of such digital detoxes is encouraged by a slew of negative...

Why Big Pharma must disclose payments to patient groups

Jan 14, 2019 10:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Business Law

A United States congressional report revealed last year that five opioid manufacturers made more than $10 million in payments to patient advocacy groups and professional societies between 2012 and 2017. Initiatives from...