Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’
‘Baby brain’ is a real phenomenon
We have all heard the old wives’ tale of women experiencing ‘baby brain’ during pregnancy. Symptoms are thought to include forgetting things, losing your train of thought or having trouble with planning. Recent research from Deakin University, published in the Medical Journal of Australia has looked at the scope of data across 20 studies, involving…
Read MoreReported flu cases at record high
Australia looks set for a record number of flu cases this winter with over 75,000 lab-confirmed incidences already this year. Shockingly, that number is twice as many as were recorded in the whole of 2016 and could lead to a record high for 15 years. Many more Australians are likely to have been suffering with…
Read MoreHow to Be MedicineWise while pregnant or breastfeeding – October 12, 2015
Australians are encouraged to be “medicinewise at all ages & life stages” during Be MedicineWise Week, October 12-18, 2015. The campaign kicked-off today with a focus on pregnancy and breastfeeding, after a recent NPS Medicine Wise survey of Australian women who were pregnant or had a child 11 years or younger revealed 33 per cent…
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