2003 articles
Nitty gritty.
Melissa Sweet explains
why the problem of head lice in schoolchildren is so complex -
and updates you on executive stress, flu jabs and drug ads. Columns
/ Health Matters - 20/06/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/0F8B7F9F46E19D59CA256D4B00014723
Tale
of Jane and Bob
A couple share blood pressure and cholesterol levels - but not the risk
of heart attack. Columns / Health Matters - 16/04/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/2892242AAD64B362CA256D0300224710
Caring
is a health hazard
Emotionally sensitive doctors may be more vulnerable to burnout
and distress, reports Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters -
12/02/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/C673AFF7DB688B3FCA256CC9000045E6
Lock
up your goitres
Iodine deficiency may be widespread, but writes Melissa Sweet,
researchers are worried about encouraging salt consumption to
combat it. Columns / Health Matters - 15/01/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/666F36794C4FCBC1CA256C72001CD433
Tony
McMichael
Director, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU.
Features / Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/2093AAE082ABE3D3CA256DB400382BE3
Kerin
O'Dea
Director, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin. Features / Cover
Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/097F7156A29439BACA256DB40038585B
HEALTH & MEDICINE:
When every body's a winner.
With so much talent to choose from, the judging panel looked for
those who have had the most impact on our well-being. Edited by
Melissa Sweet. Features / Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/2946E19D49FB0F77CA256DB4003629F6
Ant
misbehavin'
Research into potentially lethal ant bites is threatned by
a lack of funding, reports Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health
Matters - 23/04/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/DA57CD35EB83B691CA256D12002241DF
The immigrant song
Columns / Health Matters - 12/03/2003
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Bowel
weather warning
Melissa Sweet remarks on a new test which will screen for bowel cancer in people
at increased risk because of their age. Columns / Health Matters - 26/02/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/32299FC4F474C725CA256CD3001B5A3C
Judith Lumley
Director, Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health La Trobe University.
Features / Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/7492A0F883942A97CA256DB400380E8A
Paul
Glasziou
Professor, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford. Features / Cover Story
-
22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/BB6E832607FE72A4CA256DB40037C22F
Chris
Goodnow
Professor, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU. Features / Cover Story
- 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/06B3806B1783B88FCA256DB40037E427
Bill
Whittaker
National president, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. Features / Cover
Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/729C20975A28BF2FCA256DB400388A2D
Judith Dwyer
Department of Health Policy and Management head La Trobe University. Features
/ Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/37864D6BCBCB5B94CA256DB400377E0F
An
ill wind
Australia's medical professionals are expecting a particularly bleak winter
health-wise, with SARS the chief concern. Columns / Health Matters - 11/06/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/7F38141D37EC0A6DCA256D3C002ED3DD
Doctor
Do Lots
Upfront / Stories - 05/02/2003
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To bee or not to bee
Melissa Sweet meets a beekeeper badly stung by the drought. Upfront / Stories
- 22/01/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/24BB01CA21378888CA256CB000147DFA
Sandra Eades
Senior research fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin. Features /
Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/8D4D359A72771086CA256DB40037A60F
THE
HEALTH AND MEDICINE PANEL
Features / Cover Story - 22/10/2003
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Carbohydrate complex
Melissa Sweet finds all carbohydrates are not the same. Columns / Health Matters
- 21/03/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/70269CC91251F756CA256CEF007AE1BF
Anyone
for tetanus?
Elderly Australians are most at risk of tetanus infection, reports Melissa
Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 22/01/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/C50723EDD5942E32CA256CAE0020E080
Gut feeling brings a great discovery
The Health category winner took the old adage of 'physician heal thyself' to
heart, or rather his own stomach, to make a breakthrough medical discovery. Features
/ Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/7F684014FBF4915ECA256DB400370466
'Fess
up
Some good may come from the Pan products recall. Melissa Sweet says this will
occur through increased communication between doctors and patients. Features
/ Stories - 07/05/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/70AF622D4D002C93CA256D1A002C5211
THIS WEEK 7: THE BROTHER HEALTH & MEDICINE
CATEGORY
By Kathy Bail, Edited by Melissa Sweet. Features / Stories - 17/09/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/4911055934D687AFCA256DA600301BA0
Health finalists
Public health professor University of Sydney. Features / Cover Story - 22/10/2003
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/8A9FC97D30B5565FCA256DB400375B32
2002 articles
Suffer the children
Australia's leading doctors and health professionals agree that something has
to be done to ease the anguish of asylum-seekers, reports Melissa Sweet. Upfront
/ Stories - 15/05/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/06F951E224667640CA256BB500033FFC
Meningococcal: the facts
The facts about disease disclose a different picture to the one often portrayed
in the media. Features / Stories - 04/09/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/51CAD686A0360267CA256C250002D0BD
Cut and blush
Melissa Sweet reviews a collection of essays that highlight the cutting cost
of learning. Columns / Health Matters - 04/12/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/190D4DA8B1F637F4CA256C7F00807941
Skin doctoring
Twenty years after its approval, the acne drug isotretinoin continues to arouse
controversy, writes Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 09/10/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/2F71926F662BA4ECCA256C480002330E
What the study found
The ground-breaking US study into the effects of HRT was called off early when
it became clear that the dangers outweighed the benefits, reports Melissa Sweet.
Features / Stories - 17/07/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/9857CCE24B5AFCB6CA256BF30083A0D7
Painful process
Research has shown that the systematic underestimation of pain by healthcare
professionals could effect patients' treatment, writes Melissa Sweet. Columns
/ Health Matters - 20/11/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/9A03589B66D73C03CA256C710081F2C2
Health and stair well-being
Melissa Sweet on an Australian doctor who is in charge of one of the most important
medical surveys in the world, the US Nurses Study. Upfront / Stories - 26/06/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/68CEA18CE285D481CA256BE10078A05E
Kalgoorlie's screen test
A screening of Rabbit-Proof Fence in outback WA had a profound impact on its
mainly Aboriginal audience, writes Melissa Sweet. Upfront / Stories - 29/05/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/DFDB535F63E8A897CA256BC300203F14
Eye
on the future
Failing eyesight in old age has greater implications than just loss of independence,
writes Melissa Sweet, but now there may be some relief in sight for sufferers.
Columns / Health Matters - 24/04/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/B68E8528B78A387BCA256B9F00043A69
Measured movements
Melissa Sweet comes to grips with the extended triangle pose.
Features / Stories - 16/01/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/6EF1A58CFF215C53CA256B4100799316
Super
kids
By Bob Beale And Melissa Sweet
While it is easy to criticise our children for their indolence and addiction
to junk food, television and computer games, there is also much to be optimistic
about. They can look forward to a wealthier lifestyle and the advantages
of a wiser, more worldly outlook. For parents - and the community - the challenge
will be to steer a course between the positive and destructive,as Bob Beale
and
Melissa Sweet report. Features / Stories - 13/11/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/3D54D9D94F88BF83CA256C6A00245019
Curing workplace depression
With more than six million working days lost annually due to depression - and
research suggesting 60% of the illness going untreated in Australia - a new awareness
campaign aims to help managers recognise warning signs and to encourage sufferers
to seek help. Melissa Sweet reports. Features / Stories - 27/11/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/45FF943F80EB8A30CA256C3E00057AAE
Know
your carcinomas
Melissa Sweet explains the various types of skin cancer. Features / Cover Story
- 01/05/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/79F8C2005FDE816DCA256B99002CB6A4
Hard
cell
Enthusiasm for the supposedly miraculous benefits of embryonic stem cell
research is obscuring the real debate, writes Melissa Sweet. Upfront / Stories
- 10/04/2002
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Chris Silagy, 1960-2001
When Chris Silagy died in December, the Australian medical profession lost one
of its leading lights in evidence-based medicine. Melissa Sweet reports. Upfront
/ Stories - 15/02/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/6C2BDF28DCA703A0CA256B60007C1345
Sunscreen state
The Queensland Sunshine Coast town of Nambour has become a unique testing ground
for sunscreens. Melissa Sweet investigates. Features / Cover Story - 01/05/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/A017011318A3BF6ACA256B99002CCD58
Doctors without patience
For an increasing number of GPs, caring for the community has become an arduous
and underpaid business. Australia may need to rethink the way primary care is
delivered in response to emerging doctor shortages. Health writer Melissa Sweet
reports on a growing crisis of confidence. Features / Cover Story - 25/09/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/CA25052D84651D94CA256C390001CCD0
Fat facts
By Bob Beale And Melissa Sweet
Declining rates of social participation among young people contribute to a range
of physical and mental health problems, including obestiry. Features / Stories
- 13/11/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/4D06EC2550D14649CA256C6A002479DC
Making
the connection
Some useful yoga-related web sites. Features / Stories - 16/01/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/1E41EAAF01662DC8CA256B3D001B59DA
Slip,
slop, slap attack
Sunscreens and/or shade are no absolute guarantee against unwelcome ultra-violet
rays, warns Melissa Sweet. Features / Cover Story - 01/05/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/A42ACC344AF677DFCA256B99002CE303
The figures that matter
Melissa Sweet details the bottom line for our primary care system. Features /
Cover Story - 25/09/2002
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Sitting pretty
The image of yoga in Australia was once synonymous with the hippie movement.
These days, as Melissa Sweet reports, even corporate high-flyers are becoming
enlightened. Features / Stories - 16/01/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/3293FD677E040686CA256AD4001A61F2
Dr Fasher's casebook
A GP with the ‘best job in the world' tells Melissa Sweet about 25 years
of change. Features / Cover Story - 25/09/2002
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/24FE895D0F8EF8CACA256C3900025A99
2001 articles
Never fear Smith is here
Dr Richard Smith, editor of The British Medical Journal, is as impressive in
person as in print, writes Melissa Sweet. Upfront / Stories - 14/11/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/CB84D87E5E12F0EACA256AFE00229377
A guide to healthy exercise
A Heart Foundation guide to exercising for health. Features / Stories - 21/11/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/1A932DB16DC6E0F8CA256B05008059ED
Doctors in the glasshouse
Melissa Sweet talks to a doctor who traces the medical contribution to botany.
Upfront / Stories - 28/11/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/3F971AF48C57231ECA256B0C001DB6E1
Red alert on blood protein
Melissa Sweet looks at the dangers of a blood plasma protein, what constitutes
a cold, and a treatment for heroin addicts. Columns / Health Matters - 07/11/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/B2DF05B3558ACFFCCA256AFE001AFF5E
From terror to torment
Those who treat refugees who have been tortured or traumatised often face significant
problems of their own, as Melissa Sweet reports. Columns / Health Matters
- 03/10/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/33BD196EF0B53E9FCA256AD4001FF07B
Report card: Can do better
A survey of key opinion leaders identifies some important areas of concern, as
Melissa Sweet reports. Features / Stories - 31/10/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/A2BC742445515020CA256AF1000E3102
The
future of health
Exit Michael Wooldridge, the minister who tried hard. Melissa Sweet examines
his legacy and looks at what the future holds for the health system after the
election. Features / Stories - 31/10/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/55F4DB66AF2E9572CA256AF1000DC232
The
expert diagnosis
The experts give Melissa Sweet their views on health policies and what the future
holds. Features / Stories - 31/10/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/webAllArticles/F94AF94F0A59F8BDCA256AF1000E4DC7
Crying
game
One of the country's most experienced grief counsellors is worried by the increasing
trend toward medicalising grief. He tells Melissa Sweet why. Columns /
Health
Matters - 17/10/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/D4573B3D5E3BF476CA256AE300090D49
Drawing
from disaster
Out of a tragedy at Bristol Royal Infirmary has come a report into better ways
of recording - and possibly averting - post-surgery deaths. Columns /
Health Matters - 05/09/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/0A5739B57E06D676CA256AB900035471
Return
of the native
Some scientific forecasts about what life will be like in the new century make
for grim reading, says Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 30/05/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/6271E4BCE12A4AFFCA256A560019088D
Living large and happy
Exercise proved a healthy obsession for one recovering bulemic, reports Melissa
Sweet. Features / Stories - 21/11/2001
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Unhealthy
trend
Melissa Sweet outlines the ethical dilemma when a pharmaceutical company
sponsors a journalism award. Upfront / Stories - 21/11/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/E62C9DDC38A75A67CA256B050017D41A
Puggy
Hunter, 1951-2001
Melissa Sweet farewells Puggy Hunter, Aboriginal health crusader. Upfront
/ Stories - 17/10/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/F19DA64B121E45B5CA256AE00014EEB2
Easy come, wheezy go
Allergy-related asthma has triggered a dizzying array of conflicting information
and many families may be making costly lifestyle changes for little benefit,
writes Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 26/09/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/DB268A6DE167AA1ACA256AC60024BA15
Doctors of dirt
Melissa Sweet reports on a medical feud over doctors' dirty hands, more pet power
and how flying can make your bones strong. Columns / Health Matters - 02/05/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/8DDDA0052B5BAAC2CA256A3A0017AED1
Beating the odds
A popular new form of heart surgery raises the question as to how new advances
can be properly evaluated before being widely used, says Melissa Sweet. Columns
/ Health Matters - 13/06/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/460B5914953518F4CA256A64007DF297
Can't
treat the blues blues
Treating people with mental health problems is difficult but, as Melissa Sweet
reports, increasing GP training in depression does not necessarily improve
patient care. Columns / Health Matters - 07/03/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/0355ADCE017495ADCA256A030011A3A8
Payback by prescription
A prominent AIDS activist claims he has been excluded from a key AIDS committee
because of his criticism of federal health minister Michael Wooldridge. Melissa
Sweet reports. Features / Stories - 20/06/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/973230E36BDE81D9CA256A6A00835AC6
The topic of cancer
Melissa Sweets warns of the media's sensational tack on cancer. Features / Stories
- 21/03/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/A540F4877DF1827FCA256A1100137742
Recipe for confusion
Getting a balanced perspective on what makes a healthy diet is difficult when
so many different interests are pushing their own message. Melissa Sweet reports.
Features / Stories - 16/05/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/77FD63996A19A85ACA256A4600245A22
Hospitality hospital
Columns / Health Matters - 21/03/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/43864EA0C0C46C5BCA256A100018B4C1
Questions you need to ask
When it comes to monitoring your health, there are some questions that you need
to ask concerning your medication. Features / Cover Story - 18/07/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/18B854C2D8E9A02ACA256A8600086E75
Ann Woolcock (1937-2001)
The life and times of Ann Woolcock (1937-2001). Upfront / Stories - 21/03/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/1D3150A134E4670FCA256A100081B2FB
High anxiety
Plane ailing. Columns / Health Matters - 04/04/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/34FFECDF62EFF9B0CA256A1E00255CA3
A thin blue line
Many men have had to seek help for a condition about which some antidepressant
manufacturers have been uncharacteristically shy. Features / Cover Story - 18/07/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/434D666000A83A53CA256A860008086F
Heart of the matter
Sufferers of strokes and heart attacks need to take just as much care about their
medication as they do about their general health. Features / Cover Story - 18/07/2001
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/CE556848C28600B9CA256A860008B0E0
2000 articles
Testing the limits
On changing habits, monkey business, bikes with bite, and a seasonal solution
to depression. Columns / Health Matters - 22/12/2000
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/BADD81AC97D0EA41CA2569AE0012D730
1998 articles
Compassion deficiency syndrome
A bureaucratic crackdown is forcing some HIV patients to give up their treatment.
Melissa Sweet examines a serious medical problem. Upfront / Stories - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/A183CE09C221FCCCCA256B4400799946
Suicide botch
Some suicide-prevention programs may well be doing more harm than good, writes
Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/C20EB97ECA72A80FCA256D200081C156
Slumber parties
Melissa Sweet on the evidence for sleep attacks, memory loss in the aged, third-world
pharmaceuticals, and truth in the medical media. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/1FA48C52D8B0F495CA256BE50003DDEE
Blood not so simple
Storing your own blood for later use may not be the sensible idea it seems,
writes Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/01099BC49B728AE3CA256BBC00004EFA
Healing hand-helds
Melissa Sweet reveals how hand-held computers are finding a place in the medical
bag and examines new research linking vitamin D deficiency to diabetes. Columns
/ Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/2573F3E279BF6B8CCA256B0C00820EBC
Cough follies
Melissa Sweet on why it pays to be sceptical about remedies for coughs, period
pain and burning mouths. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/C82A7508FCBDDDB4CA256A9C001DAE52
Happy days
Physical activity and social involvement are the keys to happiness in retirement.
Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/591C224861B6A7D5CA256D2E008239A6
Meningococcal: Truth or scare
Fear of meningococcal disease may satisfy the media's appetite for the sensational
but it also reflects a concerted campaign by a variety of interests to whip
up public alarm and awareness. Melissa Sweet counts the cost. Features / Stories
- 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/0060FE149CC0CE40CA256C250001D788
Sexual healing
There is help and advice available for cancer sufferers regarding their sex lives
- but it wasn't always the case, reports Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters
- 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/94E71B3FD0C356B7CA256BCA000B08D1
Off the records
Melisss Sweet examines
the problem of keeping up-to-date medical records, and the information
gap in adult and child health.Columns / Health Matters -
26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/36248BB11C886946CA256BAD0083AB5E
Cold sweats and ham
Food poisoning doesn't take a Christmas holiday, cautions Melissa Sweet. Columns
/ Stories - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/EC32C44DE0218C66CA256C37000555AB
Taken
to the cleaners
All those antibacterial soaps and cleansers do have an effect on our lives
but is it really the effect we want, asks Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters
- 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/7750468AF395A33ACA256C1E00060E54
Prostate
prognosis
Many older men find it difficult to express their emotions when diagnosed
with prostate cancer. But help is available, as Melissa Sweet outlines. Columns
/ Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/4826751E0227B2D7CA256C0B00162E96
Wild
pill hiccup
Pharmaceutical marketers in the US are targetting patients directly, writes
Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/3A0295E47E34452CCA256C010081EB5A
Food for life
Melissa Sweet reports on a conference which will examine the links between
diet and cancer. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998 http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/B1CD2887B5C59886CA256BD70083119F
Sex and bugs
The chlamydia bug is one of the world's most common bacterial sexually transmissible
diseases, yet little is known about it. Melissa Sweet reports. Columns / Health
Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/C32F372600B80A94CA256B920004DBCD
Ethical
quest
One of the main players in the debate about ethics in genetic research has
a surprisingly broad range of experience to bring to the table, writes Melissa
Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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Unblocking
the pathways
Dispute about the treatment of stroke victims revolves around the pros
and cons of surgery and a non-surgical procedure, writes Melissa Sweet.
Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/A85F516FF6E65EEBCA256B67007B59A9
Hype
and Hippocrates
Melissa Sweet reports on recent research which
explodes some commonly held health myths. Columns / Health Matters -
26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/F03B01B9C0259DCACA256B1500814328
Hormones and groans
Melissa Sweet examines the latest research on HRT, as well as the uncertainty
surrounding 'economy class syndrome'.Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/C02CEEE6316B0AA1CA256AAA0081B792
Ex-smokers
get the blues
Melissa Sweet on the psychological fallout of quitting smoking, when alarm
clocks can kill, the dangers of drug trials and revealing links between researchers,
doctors and drug companies. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/7AC31103AA0F2ECECA256A80000503C4
Shelling
out for a cure
Melissa Sweet reports on an unusual treatment for osteoarthritis and a journal
aimed at those who are suffering. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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School of heart knocks
Hypertension and high cholesterol may not increase the chances of a heart attack.
What counts most is absolute risk. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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Test case
Medical experts consider the effects of over-testing, a new technique may help
with the after-effects of cartilage injuries, and health-care mandarins come
under suspicion. Melissa Sweet reports. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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Know regrets
Fear of litigation can discourage hospitals from telling patients the whole
truth, reports Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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Sting in the tale
The death recently of a British tourist from a jellyfish sting has underlined
the parlous state of the Australian antivenom industry, writes Melissa Sweet.
Upfront / Stories - 26/12/1998
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Good
oil - and bad - on cancer
An experiment that mixed aromatherapy with cancer treatment underlines the
problems in treating the psychological dimension of the disease. Melissa Sweet
reports. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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Splitting hairs
A hairline difference between information and promotion, an interesting new way
of assessing the risk of a heart attack and when averages might not work in evaluation
of treatments. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/94EBF5515DAD49D5CA256A8D00289572
Health: Pharmaceutical benefit
A new medicines service provides much-needed information for those concerned
about what medicines they are taking, writes Melissa Sweet. Columns / Health
Matters - 26/12/1998
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/site/articleIDs/0CEEA60DA3FF2000CA256C2B00804AFB
Skin plight
Despite all the warnings about taking in too much sun, skin cancer remains rife
throughout Australia. But while a host of breakthrough treatments are receiving
much fanfare, more could be done to prevent the problem, reports Melissa Sweet.
Features / Cover Story - 26/12/1998
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Prostate
palliative
Research on natural remedies offers new hope for prostate problems, but a word
of warning for HIV patients. Columns / Health Matters - 26/12/1998
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Shrink fit
Psychiatrists would be crazy not to set up practice in the wealthiest suburbs,
but where, asks Melissa Sweet, does this leave the rest of Australia? Features
/ Stories - 26/12/1998
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Ring
of fire
With her home threatened by raging bushfires, Melissa Sweet awaits the evacuation
signal. Upfront / Stories - 26/12/1998
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Stepping
out
Western society's sedentary habits have long been at the centre of public
health concerns. But an age-old remedy eschews the work-out ethos, writes
Melissa Sweet. Features / Stories - 26/12/1998
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HRT: Pause for thought
Tens of thousands of Australian women have had their lives thrown into disarray
by revelations about the risks of long-term hormone replacement therapy. Melissa
Sweet examines the facts. Features / Stories - 26/12/1998
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Food fighter
Rosemary Stanton's outspoken views on health and nutrition have put her on a
collision course with many in the corporate and medical worlds. But she will
never back down, as Melissa Sweet discovers. Features / Stories - 26/12/1998
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Popping mad
Drugs are now so widely prescribed that many Australians will
be medicated for the rest of their lives. Melissa Sweet uncovers
a host of adverse reactions and
cost blowouts. Features / Cover Story - 26/12/1998
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