In this second piece for our Monash University Summer Vacation Scholarship series, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine prize winner Darci Bucheli looks at medical device regula... Read more
The Therapeutic Goods Administration exists to protect the public, but in an age of paleo, Paltrow and celebrity cures, what new challenges does it face? In this Monash University Summer Vac... Read more
The gulf between Australia’s richest and most disadvantaged has deepened, with the number of billionaires and their share of collective growth ballooning, leaving the most vulnerable... Read more
As in most areas of research, public health is plagued by the erasure of non-results, where failure to witness an anticipated benefit or hypothesised outcome means a study can be left unrepo... Read more
Climate change, its antecedents and sequelae have been nominated as the globe’s top threat in 2019 by both the World Health Organisation and the World Economic Forum, with the latter w... Read more
If life coaches and wellness gurus are to be believed, the average New Year’s resolution lasts just two weeks, a fraction of the time the ensuing guilt lingers. For change to be truly... Read more
There are few summer pastimes more Australian than sitting down to watch the sport, but are our kids absorbing more than the scores? The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, FARE... Read more
Australians with a disability are less likely to exercise, more likely to eat poorly, report feeling unsafe and unhappy in their own neighbourhoods, and experience worse physical and mental... Read more
With health again shaping up as a key battleground in this year’s federal election, private health insurance is under scrutiny once more. In this piece, reproduced with permission at C... Read more
Today is World Toilet Day, and it’s a reminder that Australia and the world are not on track to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6: ensure access to water a... Read more
