Jet lag is caused by your body clocks being ‘out of sync’ when you land in another time zone. It can mess with your sleeping, and in some people, feeling out of sorts for a few days. Not everyone is bothered by jet lag, so the symptoms are not inevitable. The more...
A recent review of the evidence found that the pill has a pregnancy rate of between 4 and 7% per year of use, often related to missing doses. Long-acting contraception such as an IUD or an implant has a pregnancy rate of less than 1% per year. For every 100 women...
Misleading, to say the least A new study has raised warnings about the contraception advice being handed out in Tik Tok videos which are being viewed billions of times. Most Australian TikTok users fall within the 18-24 demographic, a group that is typically sexually...
Junk food is not the same as ultra processed food since not all ultra processed foods are harmful. For example, while infant milk formulas are ultra processed, they’re designed to match a baby’s nutritional needs in the absence of breast feeding. Protein supplements...
New MBS health assessment items have been introduced to support patients experiencing menopause or perimenopause to receive appropriate care and symptom management. The 2 new items (695, 19000) will support general practitioners and prescribed medical practitioners to...
