I value my health, which is why I always wear a P2 mask when crossing busy roads
John is a 66-year-old who has worked with diesel vehicles most of his life. He has never been a smoker and exercises regularly. His brother…
Tag: Environmental
Hospital admissions for epilepsy change with the weather: study
Climatic changes are possible trigger factors for seizure-related hospitalisations in patients with epilepsy, a study shows. Researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Hospital Erlangen in Germany looked…
Air pollution exposure linked to 40% drop in births among IVF patients: Aussie study
Exposure to air pollution can significantly reduce the chances of IVF leading to a live birth, an Australian study shows. The odds of a live…
‘No hope for the future’: Eco anxiety is fuelling the youth mental health crisis
I have heard some interesting comments from teenagers about climate change: “I don’t want to have children; we will contribute to the huge population growth…
‘Why did it disappear?’ JEV outbreak still shrouded in mystery as expert warns it could return
In June 2023, Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly declared the end of a national emergency response for an unpredictable and deadly viral disease. You…
A GP has been banned for climate activism — what are the implications for other doctors?
Dr Maria Neira, director of the WHO’s Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, has called climate change “potentially the greatest health challenge of the…
‘Thousands still have disaster-related PTSD’: How this govt-funded psychedelic trial will work
The Northern Rivers region in NSW has faced disaster not once but twice in the past decade. Floods and landslides in 2017 and 2022 devastated…
Brain infarction traced to wasp sting to the face in unusual case
A man stung by a wasp had to contend not only with anaphylaxis but also an unusual thalamic infarction, doctors in India report. The team…
A third of Everest climbers can add cardiac arrhythmias to their list of dangers
Between hypothermia and hypoxia — not to mention the risk of an avalanche and rockfalls — summiting Mount Everest pushes the human body to its…
Spot Dx — A bushland walk and a bloody shoe
During a holiday in regional NSW, a middle-aged woman develops an unusual skin condition characterised by two crusted papules on her right foot. Test your…
