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Walking away from back pain
Chronic low back pain costs the health system billions of dollars each year. Could the solution to back pain really be as simple as walking more?
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Robyn Chuter
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Moral courage under fire
Two recent studies shed light on how "just following orders" affects human behaviour
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The dark side of weight loss: Are GLP-1 agonists putting patients at risk for blindness, depression and suicidal thinking?
Are vision loss and suicidality an acceptable trade for weight loss? Drugmakers, regulators and doctors seem to think so.
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Novavax - hope or hype?
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How to spot bullsh*t arguments - Part 1
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Lies, damned lies, and ATAGI statements - updated
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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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The Great Australian Die-Off
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Decoding the science of continuous glucose monitoring
Are CGMs an essential key to metabolic health and personalised nutrition, or a big fat waste of time and money?
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Of Flat Earth and seed oils
What can Flat Earthers teach us about the anti-seed oil crusade?
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Life, the Universe and Everything
An intriguing conversation with Dr Ted Steele on evolution, panspermia, and what science can and can't tell us about the origins of life.
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Gut bugs and human health: A tale of two evolutionary trajectories
Humans and our gut bacteria have co-evolved for millennia, but our harmonious relationship is breaking down.
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From Kilimanjaro to the kitchen: Debunking social media nutrition advice with an African diet swap study
A new study sheds light on the best way to reduce inflammation and the risk of chronic disease... and it's NOT what the popular nutrition influencers…
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Blind spot, or blindsided by the menopause industry's ghosts? A closer look at Marty Makary's defence of HRT
The new FDA Commissioner is an enthusiastic advocate of hormone replacement therapy. Is Dr Makary an enlightened maverick, or a sloppy thinker fooled by…
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Drug-free treatments for perimenopausal symptoms
Part 3 of The Menopause Files
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