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A truly low salt diet lowers blood pressure as effectively as medicine - in one week
How low should your salt intake go to tame high blood pressure?
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Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome: An underrecognised and rapidly escalating problem
Antidepressants are one of the most difficult classes of drug to get off, especially after long-term use. But there are ways to minimise the risk of…
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Muscle up to beat hot flushes
Women who hang on to their muscle mass during the menopausal transition are protected against hot flushes and night sweats.
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Novavax - hope or hype?
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Lies, damned lies, and ATAGI statements - updated
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How to spot bullsh*t arguments - Part 1
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An open letter to Australian politicians on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers
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Déjà vu all over again: The whooping cough vaccine fiasco
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Debunking nutrition myths - a how-to guide
The internet is awash with claim and counterclaim about what constitutes a healthy diet for humans. How can the average person sort the wheat from the…
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Major study finds that cancer screening programs don't extend life
A very large meta-analysis has found that people who get screened for cancer don't live any longer than those who don't.
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The inflammation discombobulation
Do nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs turn acute pain into chronic pain?
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Osteoarthritis: Curse of old age or plague of modernity?
Far from being an inevitable consequence of growing older, osteoarthritis may be the consequence of 'evolutionary mismatch' - ancient genes ill-suited…
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The Universe Within
Meet your gut microbiome... and learn how to make friends with it
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Of Bonds, brawn, brains and blubber
The 'body positivity' movement is bad for your brain... in more ways than one.
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Stop calling them 'side effects'
You don't get to pick and choose which 'effects' you'll get from medicines.
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