Professor Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University has answered the following questions. On immunity / immunology Can we please have some commentary on herd immunity + the coronavirus? It’s a big issue in the UK. “It (herd Immunity) is
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Sometimes I need sleeping pills. Why can‘t I ask for them?
Doctors shouldn’t be consigning their patients to one kind of hell in order to avoid another SOMETIMES I CAN’T sleep. I have nightmares. I’m woken by the sound of a slurred shout before I realise I’m making it, then toss around in increasingly frustrated rearrangements of sheets and limbs until 5am. Bad
Here’s why eating the same thing every day is a bad idea
What spoil sports we are for the Festive Season!
Perinatal mental illness: what it is, and the costs
Exercise is “Powerful Stuff” for women’s health
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS vital for keeping Australian women happy, healthy and strong. This year’s Women’s Health focus is “Women’s Health, Powerful Stuff”, and Exercise Right wants to remind Australian women that exercise is powerful stuff for their physical and mental health. “The value of exercise cannot be overstated when it comes
Linda Ronstadt on living with Parkinson’s, the perils of stardom, and the US border
A new documentary, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” looks back on the musician’s risk-taking career. IT’S BEEN TEN years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert. In 2013, the world found out why: Parkinson’s disease had rendered her unable