Our study suggests setting targets for antibiotic prescribing is the next step to curb their overuse.from www.shutterstock.comPublished yesterday, our study estimates Australian GPs are prescribing about five million too many scripts for antibiotics a year for run-of-the-mill respiratory infections. But this is not a simple case of “blame...
If you have bought an Aldi “The Spiral Spring Mixer Tap” you should not use water from it for drinking or cooking until investigations of reported lead contamination is complete.
The media reports that water passing through the tap has up to 15 times the lead levels allowed in Australian drinking water (maximum 0.01...
Increasing access to health data and more readily available analytical tools offer some opportunities to tackle the ever-growing rates of obesity.AAP/Dave HuntA recent episode of ABC TV’s Ask the Doctor pointed to poor urban planning as a major culprit in worsening obesity rates and associated lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. The show...
Donald Horne saw Australia as a country that had got lucky, but was squandering its luck. Shutterstock.comSteve Irwin and Donald Horne died a year apart, during the twilight of the Howard era. The government offered Irwin’s family a state funeral in 2006. It had not done the same for Horne, although he was famous for his 1964 book The Lucky...
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For a long time, you might have defaulted to overseas suppliers when sourcing fabricated metal components for a project. The unit price was lower on paper, and the maths seemed straightforward. That...
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