Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are locked in a neck-and-neck battle to become new best friends of public health. It’s what you do when your industry is facing flak as an enemy of public health, writes Melissa Sweet.
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A simple truth: you can’t have health reform without pain
If only health reform was as simple as taking two quick pills and waking up in the morning with a shiny new system, writes Melissa Sweet.
When it comes to back pain, the experts are best avoided
GPs who have a special interest in treating back pain are more likely to recommend tests and treatments that are ineffective or possibly even harmful.
Surgery is not the solution to obesity epidemic
The House of Reps committee wimped out on making a strong call to action for some bold obesity prevention policies — like tougher regulation of food formulation and a ban on junk food advertising to kids, writes Melissa Sweet.
NT Govt under pressure over “insane” laws harming teenagers
The NT Government is under growing pressure to rethink laws requiring health professionals to report all under-age teenage patients they suspect of being s-xually active, writes Melissa Sweet.
Questions for the legal system following Gassy case
Something is surely amiss when a defendant, whom many experts believe to have a serious psychiatric disorder, is allowed to appear and represent himself before the country’s highest court.
Robin Hood, the health budget and other contemporary tales
Finding someone with high expectations of the Federal health budget is about as difficult as scoring a dental appointment in the bush, but we tracked some opinions down anyway.
Injecting some independence into blood clot prevention
The NHMRC’s processes in developing guidelines to prevent blood clots stand in stark contrast to those used in another set of controversial, commercially-funded Australian and NZ guidelines, writes Melissa Sweet.
