10 overdose at dance party
A SENIOR ambulance officer has slammed the behaviour of young Melbourne partygoers after 10 people needed hospital treatment for drug overdoses following a dance party on New Year's Day. more
Boozers shouldn't go cold turkey
GIVING up alcohol can have serious side effects and people should find out if they are dependent on drink before going cold turkey in the New Year, rehabilitation experts warn. more
Science no help with a hangover cure
THE French call it 'la gueule de bois', or wooden mouth. For Germans, it's 'Kater', or a tomcat. Japanese know it as 'futsukayoi', or 'two days drunk'. more
Healthy resolutions not likely to last
AUSTRALIANS have put a healthier lifestyle and a trimmer figure at the top of their New Year wish list - but most will fail to achieve their goals, a study has found. more
Quit after festive season
SMOKERS intent on butting out for good have been told to wait until the holiday season is over. more
Birth defect risks no bigger for cousins
COUSINS have no more risk of producing a child with birth defects than women over the age of 40, according to latest research. more
Teen smokers risk obesity
TEENAGE girls who smoke more than double their chance of becoming obese in adulthood, according to a study hailed by Australia's Quit organisation as a myth-buster. more
Summer the season for risk
SUMMER is the most hazardous time of the year, say researchers, with Australians up to three times more likely to be injured or killed. more
Flu tablets give allergic reactions
ALL packets of Nyal Cold & Flu Fighter, and Nyal Cold & Flu Fighter Day & Night, will be pulled from pharmacy shelves from Friday. more
Lung cancer biggest killer
MORE women who began smoking cigarettes during the 1970s and 80s will now pay the ultimate price, as lung cancer becomes the biggest killer of Australian women. more
Tips for back pain, cataract, baby blues, toilet woes and heart
ONE hundred per cent of people will get a sore back -- it's just a matter of time. more
Kissing leads to hot and sweaty medical condition
WHAT is glandular fever and is the condition treatable? more
Gut feeling could be a real symptom
MANY people suffer from gut issues. It may come and go, be constantly present or just stay as an annoying tenderness in the lower left (sometimes right) side of the abdomen. more
We're all different the same
THE more you look around at other people, the more you realise we all have little quirks. more
Solutions to dry up excessive summer sweating
LOTS of people suffer from sweaty hands, which can interfere with normal work activities. more
Spring into sniff season
SPRING is the loveliest time of the year in Australia, but, the evil one lurks, and is ready to explode on to the scene. more
Avoid health issues
JAMMED doctors waiting rooms, 10 days for an appointment, buckets of pills. Well, all I can say is 'crazy us'. more
Old-fashioned remedies best
Dr James Wright gives us his best advice, answering the questions of our readers more
Addressing common health concerns
Do you have a red leg? Red is the universal signal for danger. Don't Delay. Red legs have experienced a chequered career over the past century. more
Avoid the big 'C' ticket of doom
WE all hate discussing cancer, but as it's still the second most common reason for departing planet Earth, constant reminding is essential. more
- Solutions to dry up excessive summer sweating
- Spring into sniff season
- Avoid health issues
- Old-fashioned remedies best
- Addressing common health concerns
- Avoid the big 'C' ticket of doom
- Men's health in the spotlight
- Treatment varies in the fight against prostate cancer
- Snoring kids follow in beer-bellied dads' footsteps
- docwright.com cures ills
- Fighting stresses
- Weighty matters
- Testerone's reign starts to wane
- Live for good health
- Comforts of home aid elderly
- Appendicitis just a quick hospital visit
- Mammogram, cervival checks can thwart cancer
- Don't march to different drum when it comes to bones
- False toilet alarms can be avoided
- Navel gazing: Keep it clean and all should be good
- Obsessed by a disorder
- Doctor first call for dealing with depressing issue
- Massage can relieve many ills but ...
- Keeping arthritis at bay
- Sweeten your health with a blood sugar test
- Organ and tissue donations help to prolong life
- Don't be bone-idle
- All in a good night's sleep
- Many choices in recovery process
- Coping with modern road rage crises
- Early agendas important for kids' discipline
- Nose often knows when body is facing illness
- Don't be left with Easter egg on your face
- Keeping as regular as clockwork
- Listen up and save hearing
- Tickling your tonsils
- Ways to beat cholesterol
- PMR attacks women over 50 more often
- Exercise best prescription for chronic fatigue
- Simple secrets to achieve weight loss
- Best breast treatment
- Pain of lord of the rings
- Maintain the body for a long happy life
- Biting into puppy power
- Long and short of it
- All gums a blazin'
- Serendipity finds a cure to an age-old problem
- Taking a close look at the wonders of the nose
- Bright mind for bright life
- Heavy bleeding often hormone related
- The other beauty of botox
- Drink to your own health
- Nothing new in behaviour
- Chickenpox can hit at any age
- Fighting an ageing war
- Scratching the surface
- Exercise to stop muscle pain
- Sleep apnoea club open to all fat, thin, tall, short ...
- People ignore protection at their own risk
- Do-at-home tumbler test can be a life-saving guide to meningococcal infection
- Biting off more than you can chew with bad breath
- Flu may fly in any time
- Scratching the surface of a never-ending annoyance
- Shuffle off the sniffles
- A strong faith in life
- Good days in your own hands
- Heading off neck ailments
- Enjoying the beautiful benefits of a positive outlook on life
- Compulsive health habits out of order
Australians need to indulge in a little of the French paradox
THE Christmas/New Year period is a time of overindulgence with food and wine in Australia, yet it appears the French do this year round. more
Reduce risk of food poisoning
DEATH is a most unexpected and unwelcome visitor when he comes knocking at a dinner party in the classic comedy Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life. more
Sink your teeth into dental health tips
My seven-month-old daughter has a new favourite toy -- a little pink toothbrush. While there isn't any sign of a tooth in her gummy grin, she just loves brushing away in time with her parents (and at any time of the day for that matter). more
A coffee a day helps
FEELING like a coffee as you read the paper? more
Diet advice a real prune
NUTRITION is an evolving science with research findings regularly superseding old advice. Today I have listed six research findings I find interesting. more
Stress less and eat meat to prevent ulcers
The cold weather is dragging on, work seems to eat up all your hours of daylight and, to add to the misery, you get hit with a mouth ulcer. more
Switch to Skippy and hop to health
THINK you have a gas problem? Well spare a thought for cows. more
Internet airs packaged food scares
YOU don't have to buy packaged foods to feel confident about what you are consuming. While it's great to see people increasing their awareness when it comes to reading food labels, it seems we are getting stuck on the apparent safety of `healthy' packaged foods. more
Make Olympics a TV challenge
WE'RE just a hop, skip and jump away from the Beijing Olympics. more
Coping with diabetes
LAST week's column focused on strategies to reduce the risk of developing diabetes, which is not much help for those who already have the condition. more
- Diet advice a real prune
- Stress less and eat meat to prevent ulcers
- Switch to Skippy and hop to health
- Internet airs packaged food scares
- Make Olympics a TV challenge
- Coping with diabetes
- Diabetes can be thirsty business
- Vitamin-filled vegies sight for sore eyes
- Steady as it nose for cold snap
- Fatty liver the silent assassin
- Healthy eaters rising to occasion
- Men need to lift game, or go early
- Chronic kidney disease patients need special diet
- Take care of your kidneys
- Planting a tree benefits all
- Tips to look after your heart
- Overcome your brush with bad breath
- Bloated? Take wind out of your sails
- Understanding diet and health
- Digesting the facts
- Real food helps take disease off menu
- A serve of pumpkin a day, keeps disease away
- Health begins in workplace
- Cracking the egg's potential
- More yummy fillings
- Tips to keep kids' lunch boxes interesting
- Poor man's meat no longer a has-bean
- Help yourself to live longer
- Diet tips to help good life
- Watch your weight
- Favourable outlook for folate fanciers
- Breakfast one resolution worth keeping
- Keep Christmas weight in check
- Festive fun health facts
- The good oil on gas
- Halting diabetes' upward trend
- Finding added value in choosing a healthy diet
- Finding a healthy way to boost energy levels
- Living alone is no excuse for unhealthy habits
- Bare bones of health
- Old adage about what we eat still rings true
- Pen mightier than the diet pill
- Triggers for headaches
- Killer condition part of everyday family life
- Oh GORD, kill that reflux, heartburn and indigestion
- Lean, keen cleaning machine
- Soups offer healthy alternative to the standard winter meal
- Wonders of food
- Five more common cravings
- Stark craving mad
- Mother's milk the perfect start for a healthy baby
- Discovering Dysphagia condition can be hard to swallow
- Bacteria food for thought
- Awash in winter
- Eating eases nausea
- Apple a day helps keep cancer away
- The Human Furball
- Amazing digestive process
- Magnesium a key to good health
- Nutting out allergies
- Oats: One of nature's superfoods
- Chocolate not to blame for pimples
- Think B12 for dementia
- Cherish chocolate
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