Social media is a tool that has been increasingly adopted by healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies and patient associations. It has the power to create a strong, united community and creates an open line of communication for community action groups. Heavy regulation in the healthcare industry has, however, led to a lag in social media adaptation…

For many Australians, Christmas is the happiest time of year. For others however, Christmas can emphasise feelings of loneliness, which can in turn, lead to depression. According to Lifeline, deaths by suicide have reached a 10-year peak in Australia. Despite the increasing number of mental health services, programs and consciousness-raising initiatives, depression continues to be…

For years, cosmetic treatments promising a quick-fix   were hotly debated, but are nowadays considered the norm. No longer do we blink any eye at cosmetic injectable parties or online advertisements for  injectables, fillers and other cosmetic treatments that tend to pop up as frequently as clothing and fast-food ads. With cosmetic treatments increasingly skewed towards…

In the wake of two tragic incidents involving the abandonment of unwanted newborn babies in Sydney, Australian authorities are considering introducing ‘baby hatches’, a safe haven where people (typically mothers) can bring their unwanted babies and leave them anonymously, predominantly for adoption. ‘Baby hatches’, currently available in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania, Italy,…

The brainchild of Aussie biotech, Starpharma and Ansell, a new anti-viral compound, VivaGel, has been clinically proven to inactivate up to 99.9 per cent of HIV, herpes and some other sexually transmitted viruses, effectively reducing the risk of transmission. Having just received conformity assessment certification from the TGA, the condoms should be available to Australian…