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Osteopenia: the disease affecting 6.3 million Australians

What is osteopenia? Osteopenia is a condition in which your bone mineral density is lower than normal, resulting in a weaker skeletal system. It’s one step shy ofosteoporosis, which can cause debilitating bone fractures, particularly later in life, and experts say it should be treated as an early warning sign. ...

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5 ways to cut the cost of medicine

Even though many prescription medicines in Australia are covered by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), the cost can add up – especially if you’re taking more than one medicine over a long period. “Every day, people come into our pharmacies with four or five items on the prescription, but they ...

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How to see the beauty in every day

With the daily grind of work and responsibilities, who has time to see theflowers growing through the pavement? The busyness of life can cause us to adopt a tunnel vision, and this narrowed view makes us focused on getting to work as quickly as possible with minimal interaction with the ...

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Chronic disease in Australia: One in five Aussies affected

This might not be the news you’d like to wake up to, but with new research out today stating about half of all Australians have a chronic disease, it’s definitely got us sitting up a little straighter. So what does it all mean? The diseases affecting us Aussies the most ...

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Could your height impact your pregnancy?

How long a healthy pregnancy can last has always been a bit of a tricky one to predict. While a precise date of conception can help, some say a healthy pregnancy can vary by as much as five weeks. But with new research from the journal of PLOS Medicine it ...

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