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Back to SearchFirst Nations people especially vulnerable to drug-related deaths
The so-called 'war on drugs' has been waged in the US since at least the 1970s, when then President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Ac…
2 years, 3 months ago
Is Australia winning 'the war on drugs'?
Most of us might be familiar with the term 'the war on drugs'. In the US, it's been waged since the 1970s, when then President Richard Nixon signed t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Opioid use in Australia: have government restrictions avoided the crisis faced in the USA?
Most of us might be familiar with the term 'the war on drugs'. In the US, it's been waged since the 1970s, when then President Richard Nixon signed t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Medicinal cannabis boom complicates drug testing
Medicinal cannabis has been legal in Australia for eight years. Although it's legal, the drug still can affect people's ability to work and drive bec…
2 years, 3 months ago
Shiny tiles and same-coloured walls: seeing the world through the eyes of people with dementia
Maree McCabe is the CEO of Dementia Australia, an organisation that offers advocacy and support to people living with dementia, as well as their fami…
2 years, 3 months ago
New portal helping people with dementia
Dementia currently affects more than 400,000 people across Australia and is the country's second leading cause of death for women. The numbers of tho…
2 years, 3 months ago
New rules lowered prescription opioid use - but where does that leave those in pain?
In Australia, the misuse of prescription opioids has been a longstanding problem. At one point the nation recorded the world's ninth highest per capi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Dental care out of reach for many - but Victoria's Smile Squad has a solution
This week marks World Oral Health Day but for many Australians, cost of living pressures are putting a trip to the dentist out of reach. A new Victor…
2 years, 3 months ago
First Nations health conference spotlights lung and cervical cancers
Lung and cervical cancer are in the spotlight at a global First Nations health conference underway in Naarm, Melbourne. The World Indigenous Cancer C…
2 years, 4 months ago
Pioneering procedure made Vali the luckiest unlucky person you'll meet
Ten years ago, a world-first procedure gave an Australian cancer survivor the gift of motherhood. It took a frozen ovarian graft, a then-experimental…
2 years, 4 months ago