Prescription
Smart eating
The right diet - by prescription
Julie Robotham Australian researchers are learning how the chemical properties of food can interact with individuals to keep us healthy or make us sick.
Smoking ban
What a drag - Iceland moves to make cigarettes prescription-only
Helen Pidd A proposal to outlaw the sale of smokes in shops is on the table.
Shedding light on jet lag
Paula Goodyer JHet lag is price you pay for an overseas trip - but you can reduce its effects
Chew on this
Making up for lost time
Paula Goodyer Melatonin, sleeping pills, hydration: how to beat jetlag.
Mood food
How to eat your way to happiness
Graham Osbourne Can't sleep? Feeling low? You may be suffering from a vitamin or mineral deficiency.
Pharmacists axe deal to push dietary products
Kate Hagan Pharmacy owners have axed a deal to market dietary supplements with prescription medicines, saying it had caused a lot of public concern that was damaging the reputation of pharmacists.
Pharmacists' opposition to pills deal
Julia Medew Pharmacists have started advertising their opposition to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia's deal with Blackmores.
Supplemental medicine
Pharmacies to push supplements as 'fries and Coke' to prescriptions
Julia Medew PHARMACISTS have been accused of putting money ahead of patients' interests after the Pharmacy Guild of Australia struck a controversial deal to promote dietary supplements with prescription...
Diet-aid firm's law suit halts review of its 'outlandish' ads
Louise Hall AN ACADEMIC who complained to health authorities about a company that marketed a herbal spray as ''the most effective slimming solution available in the world today'' has failed to have an $800,000...
Doctors to prescribe cigarettes under plan
Helen Pidd LONDON: Iceland is considering banning the sale of cigarettes and turning them into a prescription-only product.
Breeding success
How to boost your fertility
Emily Dunn Protect your reproductive health to give yourself the best chance of conceiving.
Spread the word: medicinal margarine not worth the money
Paris Cowan If you struggle with high cholesterol, you are better off visiting your GP for a prescription than looking for a solution in the supermarket aisles, says a medical paper.
Elderly left in dark on sleep drugs danger
Amy Corderoy HEALTH SLEEPING medication that is linked to falls and fractures is still being taken by many elderly people, a study of patients from a Sydney hospital has found.
Diet drug banned over heart and stroke risk
Danielle Teutsch A POPULAR diet pill has been banned from sale after a study showed it could cause a fatal heart attack or stroke.
Drugs prescribed for osteoporosis linked to increased risk of cancer
Denis Campbell LONG-TERM use of drugs prescribed for osteoporosis may be doubling the users' risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus, a study warns.
